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THE MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT

Volume IV

THE MAYFLOWER
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Pilgrim Genealogy and Histor

1 902

"VOXjTTMIE IV

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PUBLISHED BY THE

MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS

1902

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GEORGE ERNEST BOWMAN

Committee on publication

MORTON DEXTER JOHN FREMONT HILL

WINSLOW WARREN FREDERICK WESLEY PARKER

GEORGE ERNEST BOWMAN

INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Abstracts and Transcripts of Wills and
Inventories of Second and Later
Generations, 63, 256

Alden Research Fund, 62

Allerton, Isaac, Deposition of, 109

Allerton Research Fund, 62

M Anne," the ship, 93, 94

Arthur — Bradford Query, 64

Autographs of Mayflower Passengers,
9S, 256

Autograph of Phineas Pratt, 132

Autograph of George Soule, 63, 98

Barnes, John, Will of, 9S

Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records, 120,

221, 256
Barnstable County, Mass., Index Fund,

62
Barnstable County, Mass., Probate

Records, 4S, 62, 179, 256
Bass, John, Will and Inventory of, and

the Petition against the Approval of

the Will, 202
Billington Research Fund, 62
Bird, Thomas, Deed to Edward Tilson,

S2
Book Note: Macdonough-Hackstaff

Ancestry, 64
Bradford Meerstead, 47, 52
Bradford Query, 64
Bradford — Arthur Query, 64
Bradford — Brewster Query, 64
Bradford, Gov. William, Letter Book

of, 256
Bradford Research Fund, 62, 192
Bradford, Gov. William, Letter to Gov.

Winthrop, 256
Bradford, Major William, Will and

Inventory of, 143
Brewster Book, 46, 256
Brewster, Mass., Records of the First

Parish in, 242, 2
Brewster— Bradford Query, 64
Brewster Research Fund, 62
Brewster, William, His True Position

in Our Colonial History, 100
Brewster, Wrestling, Deed from John

Doty, 65
Bridgewater. Mass., Vital Records, 256
Bristol County Index Fund, 62
Bristol County Land Records, 62
Bristol County Probate Records, 62
Brown, Peter, Children of, 254, 256
Brown Research Fund, 62
Browne, James, Deed from John

Browne, 84
Browne, John, Deed from Thomas

WUlett, 83

Browne, John, Deed to John Browne,

Jr., 84
Bunker, George, Deed to Phineas Pratt,

132

Cabinet of Massachusetts Society. Do-
nations to, 46, 56, 127, 251, 255

Calkins Family Record, 17 *

Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Associa-
^on, 250

Chatham, Mass., Vital Records, 182,
198, 256

" Charity," the ship, 90

Chauncy, Charles, Deed from Church
of Scituate, 85

Chilton Research Fund, 62

Church, Richard, Deposition of, 152

Church Records :

Brewster, Mass., 242, 256
Harwich, Mass., 242
Plymouth, Mass., 212, 256

Colonial Research Fund, 49, 62, 63,
128, 192, 239, 254, 256

Colonial Research Work, 61, 12S

Committee on Historical Research, 49,
50, 62

Committee on Marking Historic Sites,

47
Committee on Publication, 1, 50
Connecticut Society, 51, 58
Connecticut Society, Members Elected,

252
Cook, Elizabeth, Inventory of, 179
Cook, Josiah, Settlement of the Estate

of, 179
Cooke, Francis, and His Descendants,

47
Cooke, Jacob, Deed from Elizabeth

Hopkins, 118
Cooke, John, Deed from Phineas Pratt,

129
Cooke Research Fund, 62
Cornelius, Lawrence, Commission of,

84
Cushman, Thomas, Deed from William

Paddy and Thomas Willett, 35
Cushman, Thomas, Deed to William

Paddy and Thomas Willett, 36
Cushman, Elder Thomas, Will and

Inventory of, and the Records of

his Death, 37

Dartmouth, Purchasers of, 185
Dartmouth, Mass., Vital Records, 256
Deeds. Grantors and Grantees :

Bird, Thomas, 82

Brewster, Wrestling, 65

Browne, James. 84

Index of Subjects.

Deeds, etc. — Continued.

Browne, John, 83, 84

Bunker, George, 132

Chauncy, Charles, 85

Cooke, Jacob, 118

Cooke, John, 129

Cushman, Thomas, 35, 36

Doty, John, 65

Hopkins, Elizabeth, 118

Paddy, William, 35, 36

Pratt, Phineas, 129, 132, 133

Scituate, Church of, 85

Tilson, Edward, S2

White, Peregrine, $6

W T hite, Resolved, 86

Willett, Thomas, 35, 36, 83, 86 *
Depositions :

Allerton, Isaac, 109

Church, Richard, 152
Diarv of Jabez Fitch, Jr., 46, 148, 234,

256
District of Columbia Society, 51
District of Columbia Society, Members

Elected, 59, 192, 253
Doty, John, Deed to Wrestling Brew-
ster, 65
Doty, Thomas, Will and Inventory of,

233
Duxbury, Mass., Town Records, 48

Eastham, Mass., North Precinct

Records, 227
Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital

Records, 29, 140, 256

Family Records, 17, 255, 256

Fitch, Jabez, Jr., Diary of, 46, 14S, 234,
256

Forefathers' Day Service of Massa-
chusetts Society, 3, 47, 55

Foreign Research Fund, 1

"Fortune," the ship, 93. 94

** Friendship," the ship, 109

Genealogical Research, Co-operation la,
62

General Society of Mayflower De-
scendants, Officers Elected, 51

General Society of Mayflower De-
scendants, Triennial Congress of
1900, 50

Gorham, Desire (Howland), Estate of,
217

Gorham, Captain John, Estate of, 153

Halifax, Mass., Vital Records, 20, 256
Harwich, Mass., First Parish Records,

242,
Harwich, Mass., Vital Records, 175,

207, 256
Holiday Gifts, 254
Holmes, Israel, and William Sherman,

Jr., Estates of, 171

Hopkins, Damaris, Her Portion of her

Father's Estate, 115
Hopkins, Deborah, Her Portion of her

Father's Estate, 115
Hopkins, Elizabeth, Deed to Jacob

Cooke. 11S
Hopkins, Elizabeth, Estate of, 114, 116,

118
Hopkins, Ruth, Her Portion of her

Father's Estate, 116, 117
Hopkins, Stephen and His Descendants,

254, 256
Hopkins, Stephen, the Portions of His

Daughters and the Estate of Eliza-
beth 2 Hopkins, 114

Illinois Society, 51, 5S

Illinois Society, Members Elected, 59,
253

Illinois Society, Orncers Elected, ;S

Illinois Society, Supplemental Lines
Filed, 253 '

Illustrations :

Gov. Edward Winslow's Will, 1
A Calkins Family Record, 18
John Doty's Deed to Wrestling Brew-
ster, 65
George Souie's Autograph, 98
Phineas Pratt's Will, 129
Phineas Pratt's Autograph, 132
Bond of Desire (Howland) Gorham,

153

Andrew Ring's Will, 193
Inventories, see Wills, Inventories etc.

"Jacob," the ship, 94

Kemp, William, Inventory of, 75

Landing of the Pilgrims, Tri-Centennial

Anniversary of, 49
Legacy to Massachusetts Society, 46
Library of Massachusetts Society, 45, 46
Library of Massachusetts Society, Do-
nations to, 46, 56, 127, 190, 251
Little, Thomas, Will and Inventory of,
and the Will of his son Thomas,
161
" Little James," the ship, 64

Macdonough-Hackstaff Ancestry, Book

Note, 64
Maine Society, 60

Maine Society, Officers Elected, 60
Marriageable Women and Unidentified

Wives, 63
MarshhVid, Mass., Vital Records, 125,

256
Massachusetts Society, 3, iS, 43, 45, 47,

49, 51. 6i r 65, 100, 126, 189, 192,

25*. 255
Massachusetts Society, Cabinet of, 46,

56, 127, 251, 255

Index of Subjects.

Vll

Massachusetts Society, Committees Ap-
pointed, 55

Massachusetts Society, Forefathers'
Dav Service of, 47, 55

Massachusetts Society, Legacy to, 46

Massachusetts Society, Library of, 45,
46,56,127,190.251

Massachusetts Society, Memoers
Elected, 56, 127, 190,^252

Massachusetts Society, Officers Elected,

Massachusetts Society, Sixth Annual
Report of George Ernest Bowman,
Secretary, 43

Massachusetts Societv, Supplemental
Lines Filed, 56, 127, 190, 252

M Mayflower," the name, 256

44 Mayflower," the ship, 3, 4, 6, 7, 93,
94, ico

"Mayflower Descendant," 47, 49, 54,
256

Mayflower Genealogies, 43, 4S, 49, 61,
'128,254,255

Mayflower Genealogies, Later Genera-
tions of, 255

Mayflower Lines, Finding New, 192

Mayflower Passengers, Autographs of,
' 9». 256

Mayflower Passengers, Vital Statistics
of, 12S

Mayflower Passengers, Wills and In-
ventories of, 2, 48

Michigan Society-, 54^60

Michigan Society, Officers Elected, 60

Middleborough, Mass., Vital Records,
67, 256

Mitchell, Experience, Will and Inven-
tory of, 150

Negro Slave, Two Evils of Sale of a,

210
New Jersey Society, 51, 192, 254
New Jersey Society, Members Elected,

XT 254

>>ew \ ork Society, 50, 57

New York Society, Members Elected,

57, 5 8 » 191. 252
>ew \ork Society, Officers Elected, 57
Notes :
Brova, Peter, Children of. 234
Colonial Research Fund, 62, 128, 192,

254
Colonial Research Work, 61
Co-operation in Genealogical Re-
search, 62
Finding New Mayflower Lines. 192
George Soule's Autograph, 63
Holiday Gifts, 254

Hopkins, Stephen and His Descend-
ants, 254
Later Generations of the Mayflower

Genealogies, 255
Mayflower Genealogies, 128

Notes. — Continued.

Supply of Back Numbers, 63
Transcripts and Abstracts of Wills of

Second and Later Generations, 63
Unidentified Wives and Marriageable

Women, 63

Ohio Society, 51, 59

Ohio Society, Committees Appointed,

59.
Ohio Society, Members Elected, 191
Ohio Society, Officers Elected, 59
Orleans and Eastham, Mass., Vital

Records, 29, 140, 256

Paddy^ William, Deed from Thomas
Cushman, 36

Paddy, William, Deed to Thomas Cush-
man, 35

Pennsylvania Society, 51, 53, 12S, 252

Pennsylvania Society, Members Elected,
5»

Pennsylvania Societv, Officers Elected,

53
Pilgrim Notes and Queries, 61, 128,

192, 254, 256
Pilgrims, Permanent Contributions by,

to the Cause of Religion, 3
Plymouth, Mass., First Church Records,

212, 256
Plymouth, Mass., Town Records, 48
Plymouth, Mass., Vital Records, no,

256
Plymouth Colony Deeds, 3c, 48, 61, 62,

82, 256
Plymouth Colony Index Fund, 62
Plymouth Colony Records. 48
Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories,

48, 61, 62, 75, 16S, 256
Plymouth County Index Fund, 62
Plymouth County Land Records, 62
Plymouth County Probate Records, 62
Plympton, Mass., Vital Records, 256
Pratt, Phineas, of Plymouth and Charles-
town, 87, 129
Pratt, Phineas, Deed from George

Bunker, 132
Pratt, Phineas, Deed to John Cooke,

129
Pratt, Phineas, Will and Inventory of,

x 39

Purchasers, The, 85, 86, 94, 185

Queries:
Arthur — Bradford, 64
Bradford, 64
Bradford — Arthur, 64
Bradford — Brewster, 64
Brewster — Bradford, 64
Soule, 64

Reports from State Societies, 55, 126,
189, 251, 256

Vlll

Index of Subjects.

Rhode Island, Bounds of Land near, 85

Rhode Island Society, 54, 12S

Rhode Island Society, Members Elected,

192
Ring, Andrew, Will and Inventory of

*93
Robinson, John, Memorial Church, 126,
1 89

Scituate, Church of, Deed to Charles

Chauncy, 85
Scituate, Mass., Vital Records, 256
Settlements of Estates, see Wills etc.
Sherman, William, Jr., and- Israel

Holmes, Estates of. 171
Sixth Annual Report of George Ernest

Bowman, Secretary of the Massa»

chusetts Society, 43
Slave, Negro, Two Bills of Sale of, 210
Soule, George, Autograph of, 63, 9S
Soule, John, His inventory and the

Settlement of His Estate, 159
Soule Query, 64
" Sparrow," the ship, SS-90
••Swan," the ship, 90

Tilson, Edward, Deed from Thomas
Bird, 82

Tinkham, Ephraim, Will and Inventory
of, 122

Tomson, Lieut. John, His Will and In-
ventory and the Agreement of his
Heirs, 22

Town Records (See also Vital Records) :
Wellfieet, Mass., 227

Transcripts and Abstracts of Wills and
Inventories of Second and Later
Generations, 63, 256

Tri- Centennial Anniversary of the Land-
ing of the Pilgrims. 49

Triennial Congress Held September 15,
1900, 50

Unidentified Wives and Marriageable
Women, 63

Vital Records (See also Church
Records) :
Barnstable, Mass., 120, 221, 256
Bridgewater, Mass., 256
Calkins Family, 17
Chatham, Mass., 182, 19s, 256
Dartmouth, Mass., 256
Eastharn, Mass., 29, 140, 256
Halifax, Mass., 20, 256
Harwich, Mass., 175, 207, 256
Marshfield, Mass., 125, 256
Middleborough, Mass., 67, 256
Orleans, Mass., 29, 140, 256
Plymouth, Mass., no, 212, 256
Plympton, Mass., 256
Scituate, Mass., 256
Yarmouth, Mass., iSS, 256

Vital Statistics of the Mayflower Pas-
sengers, 128

Warren, Joseph, Will and Inventory of,

Warren, Richard, and His Descendants,

47
Wellfieet, Mass., Records of, 227, 256
White, Pereerine, Deed to Thomas

Willett, 86
White, Resolved, Deed to Thomas

Willett, 86
" White Angel," the ship, 109
Wiilett, Thomas, Deed from Thomas

Cushman, 35
Willett, Thomas, Deed from Peregrine

and Resolved White, 86
Willett, Thomas, Deed to John Browne,

S3
Willett, Thomas, Deed to Thomas

Cushman, 36
Wilis and Inventories of Second and

Later Generations, 6^, 256
Wills, Inventories and Settlements of
Estates :

Barnes, John, 9S

Bass, John, 202

Bradford, Major William, 143

Cook, Elizabeth, 179

Cook, Josiah, 179

Cushman, Elder Thomas, 37

Doty, Thomas, 233

Gorhara, Desire (Howland), 217

Gorham, Captain John, 153

Holmes, Israel, 171

Hopkins, Elizabeth, 114

Hopkins', Stephen, 114

Kemp, William, 75

Little, Thomas, 161

Little, Thomas, Jr., 161

Mitchell, Experience, 150

Pratt, Phineas, 139

Ring, Andrew, 193

Sherman, William, 171

Soule, John, 159

Swift, William, 168

Tinkham, Ephraim, 122

Tomson, Lieut. John, 22

Warren, Joseph, 14

Winslow, Edward, I

Wright, Adam, 239

Wright, Richard, 165
Winslow, Gov. Edward, Will of, I
Wisconsin Society, 54
Wisconsin Society, ^Members Elected,

60,
Wright, Adam, Will and Inventory of,

239.

Wright, Richard, Will and Inventory
of, 165

Yarmouth, Mass., Vital Records, 18S.
256

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Vol. IV. JANUARY, J902. No. U

GOVERNOR EDWARD WIN&LOWS WILL.

The will of Governor Edward Winslow, which is preserved
at Somerset House, London, is one of the three existing original
wills of Mayflower passengers. The others are Mary (Chilton)
Winslow's and Peregrine White's, both of which we have already
reproduced. The illustration of Governor Winslow's will facing
this page is from a photograph made at the expense of the For-
eign Research Fund and secured by the Hon. Winslow Warren,
of our Committee on Publication, with the courteous assistance
of the Rev. Stopford W r . Brooke, of London.

No mention of Governor Winslow's death is found on the
Plymouth Colony records, and we learn the date from Nathaniel
Morton's New England's Memorial, under the year 1655. We
reprint his account in full, from the Rev. Thomas Prince's copy
of the first edition (1669), now in the Boston Public Library.

This year that Worthy and Honourable Gentleman Mr. Edward
Winslow deceased; of whom I have had occasion to make honourable
mention formerly in this Discourse. He was the Son of Edward Wins-
low Esq; of the Town of Draughtwich* in the County of Worcester: He
travelling into the Lo w- Co un treys, in his Journeys fell into acquaintance
with the Church of Leyden in Holland, unto whom he joyned, and with
whom he continued until they parted to come into New- England, he com-
ing with that part that came first over, and became a very worthy and use-
ful Instrument amongst them, both in the place of Government and
otherwise, until his last Voyage for England, being sent on special Im-
ployment for the Government of the Afassacnusets, as is forementioned
in this Book: and afterwards was imployed as one of the grand Commis-
sioners in that unhappy Design against Domingo in Hispaniola. who
taking grief forthe ill success of that Enterprize; on which, together with
some other Infirmities that were upon him, he fell sick at Sea betwixt
Domingo and Jamaica, and died the eighth dav of May, which was about
the Sixty first year of his life, and his Body was honourably committed to
the Sea, with the usual Solemnity of the Discharge of Fourty two Piece
of Ordnance.

* Droitwich.

2 Governor Edward Wins low's Will.

One of the Company who was imployed in taking notice of the Par-
ticulars of that Tragedy, gave such Testimony of the said Mr. Winslow.
as followeth in this Poem :

The Eighth of May, west from 'Spaniola shore,
God took from us our Grand Commissioner,

Winslow by Name, a wan in Chief est Trust,
Whose Life was sweet, and Conversation just ;
Whose Parts and wisdome most men did excell :
An honour to his Place, as all can tell.

While examining- the Marsfftield town records some time
since, the Editor discovered a vote regarding the disposition of
the ten pounds bequeathed by Governor Winslow to the poor
of that town. A literal transcript of this record follows the
copy of the will.

I Edward Winslowe of London. Esquio r . being now bound
in a voyage to sea in the service of the comon welth do make
publish & declare this to be my last will & testam* touching the
disposing of my estate, ffirst I doe give will devise & bequeath
all my lands & stock, in New England & all my possibilities &
porcons in future allotm ts & divicons to Josia my. onely sonne
& his heires, hee allowing to my wife, a full third parte thereof
for her life Also. I give to the poore of the Church of Plymouth
in new England Tenn pounds. & to the poore of marshfielde
where the chiefest of my estate lyes Tenn pounds., Also I give
my lynnen wch I carry wth me to sea. to my daughter Elizabet(h)
&. the rest of. my goods wch I carry wth mee I give to my
sonn Josias. hee giving to. each of my brothers a suite of
apparell. & I make my said son. Josias my executor of this my
will, and Colonell venables my overseer of my goods in the
voyage. & my fower frends D r Edmond wilson ; m r John Arthur.
m r James Shirley & m r Richard ffloyde. overseers for the rest of
my prsonall estate in England

witness my hand & Seale the Eighteenth day of December
In the yeare of our Lord God one Thousand Six hundred fifty
& flower.

Sealed & subscribed pr me Edw : Winslow (seal)

in the presence of
Jo n Hooper
Gerard Usher servant to Hen : Colbron

[Marshfield Records, 1 : 60, under date 3 Nov., 1656.]

Att y e same Townes meeting it was ordered That m r Thomas
Bourne and Joseph Beedell should Receave The Ten pounds

Permanent Contributions by the Pilgrims to Religion. 3

which m r Edward Winslow gave To The poore of This Towne
by will and y e sayd prtyes so betrusted To Rec : & dispose of
The stocke in The Townes behalfe have disposed one Cow To
Edward Bumpus & John Branch one Cow & John Thomas The
Remainder & These prtyes That is Edward & both The Johns
To keepe These Cowes & To Returne at y e end of The
Tea(rme) (as The Towne hath formerly lett out y e poore
stocke) The princip(al) being living To y e Towne & The Third
of The Increase The having Two Thirds^of y e Increase Them-
selves.

PERMANENT CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE PILGRIMS
TO THE CAUSE OF RELIGION.

[An Address Delivered at the Second Annual Forefathers' Day Service of the
Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, held at Kings Chapel, Boston,
December 21, i<pos.]

By Rev. Frederick Baylies Allen.

This is Forefathers' Day. Two hundred and eighty-one
years ago, this 21st day of December, the Pilgrims first set foot
on the shore of Plymouth and chose it as their home.

It was not the whole company, however, which did this.
The Mayflower had cast anchor a month before (on the 21st
day of November), in the harbor of what is now Provincetown,
at the end of Cape Cod, and had remained there.

Three successive exploring parties went forth to find a place
of settlement. It was the third party, composed of ten Pilgrims
and eight seamen, which struggled into Plymouth Harbor, in a
small shallop, late in the stormy evening of Friday, December
1 8th and landed on Clark's Island.

Bradford's history says that Saturday they dried their stuff,
rested, gave thanks to God, and, this being the last day of the
week, they prepared there to keep the Sabbath.

On Monday, the 21st (the day we are now observing), Brad-
ford, who was one of the party, says : " They sounded the harbor
and found it fit for shipping : and marched into the land and
found divers cornfields and little running brooks : a place, (as
they supposed) fit for situation ; at least, it was the best they
could find : and the season and their present necessitie made
them glad to accept of it.

"So they returned to their ship again with this news to the
rest of their people, which did much comfort their hearts."

4 Permanent Contributions by the Pilgrims to Religion.

That is the original account of the first Forefathers' Day.

The Mayflower reached Plymouth five days later (on the
26th). The second landing may be ascribed to December 30th,
though the company left the ship gradually as houses were pre-
pared for them, the last of the party going ashore as late as the
month of April.

We, their descendants are met here today to commemorate
by our service of prayer and song, those of whom James Russell
Lowell said : " Next to the fugitives whom Moses led out of
Egypt, the little shipload of outcasts who landed at Plymouth
are destined to influence the future of the world."

We meet however, not at Plymouth, but at Boston, the
capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the original seat of
Puritanism.

We worship moreover in a building whose early history- is
indelibly associated with the Church of England.

King's Chapel was erected (much against the will of the
Puritans) under the auspices of the Royal Governors, for the
express purpose of providing for public worship according to
the liturgy of the English Book of Common Prayer.

It was, at one time, the only place in New England where
the forms of the Court Church were used.

These triple associations of time and place : the Forefathers'
Day, the Puritan city and the first Episcopal Church in New-
England have suggested the special theme to which I invite
your attention : " The Permanent Contributions of the Pilgrims
to the Cause of Religion : with incidental notice of the respec-
tive attitudes of the Pilgrims and of the Puritans to the Church
of England."

I. I ask you to remember first that the Pilgrims were the
earliest advocates of the separation of Church and State.

The Puritans when they crossed the ocean claimed loyal
devotion to the National Church of England.

At the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign, through the popular
antagonism of the people to the papacy, the great bulk of the
country gentlemen and of the wealthier traders, of whom Parlia-
ment was chiefly composed, had become Puritans, Largely
upon political grounds these Puritans acquired a bitter antag-
onism to those ceremonies which seemed to them allied to
Roman Catholicism. Though called Non-Conformists, or as
they preferred to call themselves Reformists, they felt them-
selves to be devoted members of the National Church. Owing
to the personal antagonism of Elizabeth and James I. to Puri-
tanism, it came about from the Union of Church and State that

Permanent Contributions by the Pilgrims to Religion. 5

many of the appointees to the Church were persons practically
destitute of religion. The spectacle of cruel and worldly eccle-
siastics, performing the holiest rites of the church, stimulated
the revolt against the liturgy.

This antagonism would have been comparatively feeble had
the same ritual been administered by devout and earnest men.

It is generally conceded that if the demands of the Puritans
had been met in a conciliatory spirit, they would have been con-
tent with moderate concessions. ^

The signers of the Millenary Petition, presented to King
James at the beginning of his reign, asked for no change in the
organization of the Church; but only "a reform of its courts,
the removal of superstitious usages from the Book of Common
Prayer, the disuse of lessons from the apocryphal books of
Scripture, a more rigorous observance of Sundays and the pro-
vision and training of ministers who could preach to the people."
How modest a request apparently.

In contemptuous scorn of these demands, three hundred
Puritan clergymen who refused rigid conformity with the ru-
brics, were, in the spring of 1605, driven from their livings.
The popular revolt deepened as they saw the church used as
a machine to enforce slavish obedience to the royal will.

The very eagerness of the Puritans, however, to reform from
within the Church of which they counted themselves the most
loyal members, made them hate the Separatists, who looking
deeper at the principles involved, withdrew, for conscience sake,
from the Church.

Says John Richard Green : " To the zealot whose whole
thought was of the fight with Rome, the position of those who
rejected the very notion of a national Church and. asserted the
right of each congregation to perfect independence of faith and
worship, seemed the claim of a right to mutiny in the camp, a
right of breaking up Protestant England into a host of sects,
too feeble to hold Rome at bay."

That explains the significance of the words of Francis Hig-
ginson, the Puritan minister of Salem, when he cried : " We will
not say, as the Separatists were wont to say, at their leaving of
England, Earewel Babylon ! Farewel Rome ! But we will say,
Farewel Dear England ! Farewel the Church of God in Eng-
land, and all the Christian friends there! We do not go to
New England as Separatists from the Church of England;
though we cannot but separate from the corruptions in it. But
we go to practise the positive part of church reformation, and
propagate the Gospel in America."

6 Permanent Contributions by the Pilgrims to Religion.

And Governor Winthrop's Puritan company, as they sailed
for America, spoke of themselves :

"As those who esteem it our honor to call the Church of
England from whence we rise, our dear Mother ; and cannot
part from our native countrie where she specially resideth,
without much sadness of heart and many tears in our eyes."

Turn' now to the Pilgrims. We notice first that they were
a very small company of men. Instead of the 20,000 who in
less than a score of years came t« Massachusetts Bay, they
were but a few hundred in all. Only one hundred came over
in the Mayflower and the portion of their company left behind
in Holland was probably not more than twice as large.

But this small community were more homogeneous, more
completely moulded into one spirit, than the mass of Puritans.
They had been for thirteen years schooled and disciplined under
many adversities by one man of singular force of character.

That man was their pastor in Ley den the Reverend John
Robinson.

He had been the minister of the little congregation which
under the fostering hospitality of William Brewster, had wor-
shipped at Scrooby Manorhouse, England.

A man of rare piety, wisdom and thoughtfulness, he had,
in the face of the tyranny and irreligion of the authorities, come
to believe in the principle of the entire separation of Church and
State. He states their position thus :

"As the Lord's free people, this congregation joined them-
selves, by a covenant of the Lord, into a church estate, in the
fellowship of the Gospel, to walk in all His ways made known,
or to be made known unto them, according to their best
endeavors, whatever it should cost them ; the Lord assisting
them."

It cost them first their country, for in 1607 they were
driven by the fierceness of the persecution to migrate to
Holland, the only country in Europe where there was entire
freedom of belief. For twelve years they dwelt there under
the benign and penetrating influence of their noble pastor. It
was he whose spiritual insight, wise leadership, and singular
sagacity bred in these men that temper which for nearly a
century characterized the Plymouth Colony.

At last in 1620, as the twelve years' truce between Holland
and Spain approached its termination, as they found themselves
in danger of losing their nationality in a foreign land ; as they
saw their children growing up under hardships and temptations
which endangered both their health and their character, they

Permanent Contributions by the Pilgrims to Religion. 7

came to the conclusion that it was their duty to remove, as
they said, to "those vast and unpeopled countries of America,
where they might at least lay the foundation for propagating
and advancing the Gospel of the Kingdom of Christ."

We know well the story of that voyage across the ocean,
the succession of obstacles which delayed it, the unspeakable
hardships of the first winter and the gradual establishment upon
r.rm foundations of the colony upon our shore.

The central element in the positional" the Pilgrims as Sep-
aratists, was their repudiation of any official union of Church
and State. The church polity called Independency or Con-
gregationalism, though it was equally their faith, was another
and distinct feature.

I shall confine what I have to say here to their protest
against the mingling of the two spheres of religion and politics
— the government of the Church with the administration of the
State.

It was the enormities practised by the prelates of that day
which forced the issue and drove them to deep and thorough
searching of ultimate principles.

Had the Church of England been what it is now, Robinson
and Brewster and Bradford would have gladiv remained in her
communion. But when a Bishop, by virtue of his office, could
defy all legal restraints, and in the name of the king, who was
the head of the Church, could cram the prisons of London with

(good Christians, who according to all modern ideas were per-
fectly innocent of any crime ; clear thinking began to drive
Robinson and Brewster into questioning the right of any such
union of civil and religious functions.

This, then, was their conclusion : while they were never
captious or controversial ; while they said they would obey the
king and his officers, and even his bishops in all secular mat-
tcrs — the things of man's deeper life, his faith in God, his
privileges of worship were matters apart ; which, with their con-
sent, were never to be under the control of the State.

How consistently they adhered to this principle is manifest
from the fact that when the ocean was crossed, unlike the
Massachusetts Bay Colony, they never made church member-
ship a condition of the franchise. So far as is known, even
Myles Standish never joined the church, and some have believed
that, at least nominally, he was a Roman Catholic. And these
non-church members were from the beginning, regular legal
members of the colony, who according to the compact signed
on the Mayflower, had combined themselves into a civil (or

8 Permanent Cofitribntions by the Pilgrims to Religion.

secular) body politic. These two functions went on simply and
naturally, side by side, just as they do today throughout our
land. But they were the pioneers to first test this great
principle. < .

When the Massachusetts Colony voted by its General
Court — "That for time to come noe man shall be admitted to
the freedom of this body polliticke, but such as are members
of some of the churches within thermits of the same." [Mor-
ton, p. 308.] — the Plymouth Colony dared to be true to its
colors. A few of their number who had little in common with
their noble leaders were still allowed equal political rights
and absolute secular equality ; and the time came when the
strong, proud Massachusetts Bay Colonists were compelled to
follow the lead of their humbler brethren to the south and
absolutely sever Church and State.

We are all Separatists now! There is not one of us here
who is not thankful that throughout the length and breadth
of the land there is no established church.

It is largely because Protestants and Roman Catholics and
Jews are all on precisely the same political level, in the sight of
the law, that so kindly and charitable a spirit prevails between
those of different faiths.

Let us never forget however, that we owe this benign result
to our forefathers, who, when the title Separatist was a term
of obloquy and reproach, exposing its bearer to persecution
and loss, dared to be faithful to this fundamental principle.

II. The second tenet which we owe to the Pilgrims is
their recognition of the laity as an integral part of the Church.

Robinson contended that " It is given to ministers to feed,
guide and govern the Church, but not themselves to be the
Church." *

In another place he says : " The officers of a church are not,
by themselves, the Church. While there are many things in
the settled and well ordered state of the Church which one
would willingly leave to the administration of the officers
thereof, they are or can be rightly and orderly done, but with
the people's privity and consent."

The Pilgrims could not yield this point. " If," said they,
"we should let the true practice of the gospel go, posterity
after us, being brought into bondage, might justly blame and
curse us, that we did not stand for the rights of the people in
that which we acknowledge to be their due."

. *These quotations from Robinson's writings are taken from "The Pilgrim
Fathers of New England," by Rev. John Brown, J). D.

Permanent Contributions by the Pilgrims to Religion. 9

Robinson repeatedly asserts this root idea, though with a
reasonableness and insight that shows how carefully he had
studied the problem.

He says : " Wise men writing on this subject have approved
as good and lawful three kinds of politics — monarchical, aris-
tocratical and democratical, and all these three forms have their
place in the Church of Christ. In respect of Christ the head,
it is a monarchy ; in respect of its officer^ it is an aristocracy ;
and in respect of its body, a popular state. The governors of
the Church must be in and of the church they govern, but they
arc not the Churchy

Without endorsing the precise forms in which he applied
this principle, its essence — that is, the representative character
of the church and the rights of the laity to be duly considered
in its administration is now acknowledged by all Protestant
communions. We are so familiar with it, so assured of its
justice and its wisdom, that it is hard for us to realize what an
utter novelty it seemed in that day.

It had scant recognition at first in the Massachusetts Bay
Colony. The eminent John Cotton of Boston, writing in 1636
to lx>rd Lay, declares: "Democracy I do not conceive that ever
G<xi did ordain as a fit government, either for church or com-
monwealth. If the people be governors, who shall be the gov-
erned ? " Yet the day came when the Plymouth idea conquered
the conservatism of the Puritan Colony.

Mow profound and far reaching has been the practical
development of this germinal principle which our Pilgrim an-
cestors so fearlessly adopted.

Granting all the perverse and unlovely excesses to which
it has often led in ignorant or untrained communities, it has
now come to be recognized as an axiom, as a necessary and just

. ** c ^ by us as of priceless value. It may require both in-
telligence and piety for its best exercise, but it has now taken
Its due place as an essential and just requirement.

The laity are an integral part of a true church, fully entitled
to a voice and due representation both in legislation and in the
administering of its affairs.

III. Another Pilgrim principle, distinctive enough to merit
notice, is the emphasis which they laid upon character as the
supreme goal and test of religion.

At a time when Protestantism everywhere was suffering
from an intense spirit of controversy, when every conceivable
point of doctrine and church polity and ritual had been wrangled
over until those who had forsaken the Church of Rome had

IO Permanent Contributions by the Pilgrims to Religion.

become subdivided into multiplied warring sects and trifles had
received more attention than essentials ; it is wonderful what
uniform stress was laid by the Pilgrims upon that which is cen-
tral, upon personal religion and upon conduct.

This estimate of values was in one respect urged by Pilgrim
and Puritan alike, when they both insisted that the church
should not open wide her doors and offer her holiest rites and
privileges to all men, utterly irrespective of character.

They both held that religion* was something deeper than an
external alliance with an institution. It was at its heart a mat-
ter of righteousness and purity and personal loyalty to the Lord.
They were shocked that in the Church of England, men of
notorious immorality and scandalous lives should be not only
invited, but driven to the Holy Communion.

Robinson complains of England : " That all the natives there
and subjects of the kingdom, although never such strangers
from the show of true piety and goodness, and fraught never
so full with many most heinous impieties and vices, are without
difference compelled and enforced by most severe laws, civil
and ecclesiastical, into the body of that church."

"Every subject of the kingdom dwelling in this or that
parish, whether in city or country, whether in his own or other
man's house, is thereby, ipso facto, made legally a member of
the same parish in which that house is situated, and bound, will
he nill he, fit or unfit, as with iron bounds, and all his with him,
to participate in all holy things (and some unholy also), in that
same parish church."

In this protest Pilgrims and Puritans, as I have said, shared
alike ; but where the former differed from the latter, was that
their supreme reverence for goodness made them less critical
and censorious than the Puritans as to irrelevant and secondary
matters.

I believe the poet rightly judged them when he sung of the
Pilgrims :

What did they want, whom high and low
Despised and persecuted so ?
Little, when understood —
They wanted to be good.

To worship God in their own way ;
To read their Bibles and to pray,
And save their souls! Poor men —
But poorer England then.

Permanent Contributions by the Pilgrims to Religion, 1 1

They proved the beauty and integrity of their religion by
their example ; by the lives they led before all men. Says
Robinson : " God is not partial as men are ; nor regards that
church and chamber religion towards Him which is not ac-
companied in the house and in the streets with lovingkindness
and mercy and all goodness towards men."

Nor was this theory merely.

Governor Bradford, recalling the days when they lived in
Lcydcn, says : "Such was the true piety, the humble zeal and
fervent love of this people towards God and his ways, and the
single heartedness and the sincere affection one towards an-
• ther, that they came as near the primitive pattern of the first
Churches as any other Church of these later times have done
according to their rank and quality."

He says in another place : " Though many of them were
p<>or, yet there was none so poor but if they were known to be
of that congregation, the Dutch (either bakers or others) would
trust them in any reasonable matter when they wanted money.
Because they had found by experience how careful they were
to keep their word, and saw them so painful and diligent in
their callings ; yea, they would strive to get their custom and
to employ them above others in their work, for their honesty
and diligence."

This same high sense of honor and tenderness of conscience
and charity towards others they carried with them into the new
world. They made religion beautiful and attractive by their
integrity and their cheerful kindness.

When in their sore need during one of their first explora-
tions they took a store of corn which they found buried by the
Indians, they diligently sought for the owners, and discovering
them long months after, they scrupulously made them ample
restitution.

1 he practical character of their religion is nowhere better
illustrated than by their uniform fairness towards the Indians,
for half a century.

Now it is not merely the fact that they were good men
which is worthy of notice, but that their goodness was of so
wholesome and pure a strain; so free from cant, and contro-
versy, and perpetual argument and fault-finding. They got on
amicably with all kinds of people, which was more than the so-
called saints always did. They knew what was central in
religion and lived it ; and about the things which divided good
people from one another, they were not disposed to be per-
petually quarrelling.

12 Perma?ient Contributions by the Pi/grims to Religion.

Love towards God, purity of character, charity toward
man — that was the pith of the Pilgrim faith.

IV. That brings me naturally to the remaining trait which
I mention at this time, their religious tolerance.

The Pilgrims had enjoyed one advantage over the Puritans.
They had sojourned for thirteen years in Holland and had seen
in actual practice there, the fullest religious liberty granted to
all faiths and to all nationalities.

But their practice of this principle had deeper root. Their
charity to all sorts and conditions of men grew out of an open-
ness of mind which they had learned at the feet of John Robin-
son. They had been taught by him to believe that they were
not in the possession of all truth and that they might rind
something to learn from those who differed from them most
fundamentally.

The memorable passage in which this hospitality to new
light is enjoined, was quoted by Governor Bradford from the
counsel given by John Robinson in 1620, upon the departure
of the Pilgrims to America.

Familiar though it be, it can hardly be too often repeated,
as it is the key to that consistent policy of religious tolerance
practiced by the Plymouth Colony.

" He charged us," says Winslow, " before God and his
blessed angels, to follow him no further than he followed
Christ ; and if God should reveal anything to us by any other
instrument of His, to be as ready to receive it, as ever we were
to receive any truth by his Ministry. For he was very con-
fident the Lord had more truth and light yet to break forth out
of His Holy Word."

" But withal he exhorted us to take heed what we received
for truth : and well to examine and compare, and weigh it with
other Scriptures of truth before we received it."

" For," saith he, " it is not possible the Christian world
should come so lately out of such thick anti-Christian darkness ;
and that full perfection of knowledge should break forth at
once."

Here we see how it was that these men who remembered
and cherished their pastor's words were always so charitable to
those of other faiths.

" Church of England people and Baptists dwelt continuously
in Plymouth in peace, except such as openly sought to overturn
the Independent Churches. Visitors of all beliefs and no belief

12 Permanent Contributions by the Pilgri?ns to Religion.

Love towards God, purity of character, charity toward
man — that was the pith of the Pilgrim faith.

IV. That brings me naturally to the remaining trait which
I mention at this time, their religious tolerance.

But their practice of this principle had deeper root. Their
charity to all sorts and conditions of men grew out of an open-
ness of mind which they had learned at the feet of John Robin-
son. They had been taught by him to believe that they were
not in the possession of all truth and that they might find
something to learn from those who differed from them most
fundamentally.

Familiar though it be, it can hardly be too often repeated,
as it is the key to that consistent policy of religious tolerance
practiced by the Plymouth Colony.

" But withal he exhorted us to take heed what we received
for truth : and well to examine and compare, and weigh it with
other Scriptures of truth before we received it."

" For," saith he, " it is not possible the Christian world
should come so lately out of such thick anti-Christian darkness ;
and that full perfection of knowledge should break forth at
once."

Here we see how it was that these men who remembered
and cherished their pastor's words were always so charitable to
those of other faiths.

" Church of England people and Baptists dwelt continuously
in Plymouth in peace, except such as openly sought to overturn
the Independent Churches. Visitors of all beliefs and no belief

Permanent Contributions by the Pilgrims to Religion. 13

were entertained (to their host's subsequent privation), for
months together, so hospitable were they."

The French Jesuit Druillette, who came to Boston in 1650,
improved the opportunity to spend a day at Plymouth. He
especially mentions Bradford's kindness, and the fact "that,
the day being Friday, the Governor gave him an excellent
dinner of fish!'

At the Lord's table the Pilgrims communed with pious
KpUcopalian&, with Calvinists of the French and Dutch
('Lurches, and with Presbyterians, and recognized the spiritual
fraternity of all who hold the Faith.

In 1659 Massachusetts Bay forbade keeping "any such day
a^ Christmas, either by forbearing to labor, or feasting or in
.my other way," under penalty of five shillings.

Plymouth never had any such narrow and contemptible
restrictions, but would have allowed anyone to feast, rest, or
observe the day as they wished, provided they did not interfere
with those who did not care to keep it.

Their administration of law was remarkably mild for the
standards of their day. At the accession of James I., England
made thirty-one crimes capital. Massachusetts Bay made thir-
teen crimes capital ; the Virginia Colony had seventeen (in-
cluding Unitarianism), Plymouth had only five classes of capital
crime ; and of these she actually punished but two.

As Senator Hoar says : " Their good sense kept them free
from witchcraft delusions. No witch was ever hung there.
They established trial by jury. They treated the Indians with
justice and good faith. They held no foot of land not fairly
obtained by honest purchase. Their tolerance was an example
to Roger Williams himself. And when at last in 1692 Plym-
outh was blended with Massachusetts, the days of bigotry
and tolerance and superstition as a controlling force in Massa-
chusetts — were over."

These then were the contributions, well nigh unique in their
city, which our forefathers made to the cause of religion :

1. They taught and practiced the separation of Church
and State.

2. They claimed that not merely the clergy but the laity
were an integral part of the Church and entitled to representa-
tion.

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3. They laid stress upon character as the supreme requisite
in true religion :

4- And they practiced with exquisite courtesy the principle
111 I of religious tolerance.

14 Joseph Warren s Will and Inventory,

There is not one of these four tenets which is not cherished
and defended today by all our Protestant Churches, — including
the Protestant Episcopal Church to which I belong.

Yet for insisting upon these things, our forefathers suffered
obloquy and persecution.

They were the pioneers who, through hardship and loss.
blazed a path which has now become a smooth highway for all.
We tread it with too little appreciation of the humble heroes to
whose clear thought, unflinching courage and pious devotion we
owe our rich privilege.

If they were not the kind of men whom the world applauds,
there was One who called them " blessed," for they were poor
in spirit ; they mourned ; they were meek ; they hungered and
thirsted after righteousness ; they were merciful ; they were
pure in heart ; they were peacemakers ; they were persecuted
for righteousness sake — and great is their reward in heaven.

JOSEPH 2 WARREN'S WILL AND INVENTORY.

Literally Transcribed from the Original Records,
By George Ernest Bowman.

Joseph 2 Warren (Richard 1 ) died at Plymouth and his wife
Priscilla Faunce survived him eighteen years. The following
records of their deaths are taken from the Plymouth Town
Records, Volume I : " Joseph Warren Senior deceased May the
4 th 1689" [p. 201] — "The Widow pricila Warren Deceased
on y e 15 of May 1707 being Nea(r) 74 yeares of age " [p. 204]

Joseph Warren's will and inventory are found in the Plym-
outh County Probate Records, Volume I, pages 38 and 39.

To all People to whome these presents shall Come etc :
Know Ye that I Joseph Warren Sen r of the Town of Plimouth
in the County of New Plimouth in new-England being weak of
body through age & Sickness but of perfect and disposing mem-
ory & Sound understanding Blessed be God. Yet not knowing
how soone it may please God to Change my Sickness & life to
death do therefore make and ordaine and by these presents I do
make & ordaine these presents to be my last will and Testa-

Joseph Warrens Will and Inventory. 15

ment to stand good and to Remaine firm and Inviolable for ever
in manor and forme following :

Imp" I Will and bequeath my Soul to God that gave it me
and my body to the dust and to be decently Buried : and for
that outward estate that God hath given to me I dispose of as
foil >wcth: Item I wall and bequeath unto my dear and Loving
wife Pricilla Warren all that my now dwelling house out housing
uplands & meadow lands that I am now possessed of in the
1 ,nship of Plimouth. Excepting such Lands as I shall here-
after dispose of to my Son Joseph, Together with all my house-
';. >!<] Goods and debts that is owing to me as also four Cows and
two oxen which she shall have before a division of my Cattell be
made, all which housing lands debts Goods and Chattels above
expressed I do Give unto my dear and Loving wife Priscilla
Warren to be at her disposing and for her Support during the
time of her widowhoode ; And farther I do give unto my loving
wife all that my fifty acres of Land Lying at Monament ponds
in the Township of Plimouth as alsoe Eight acres of upland at
the Hoope place field So called for her to Rent out or sell if
necescity Require. And I doe by these presents allow her
so to doe as alsoe the one half of my uplands & meadow lands
at Aggawam that is alredy divided together with a fourth part
of the undivided lands. All which I do give unto my loving
wife to be at her disposing to doe with it what she will during
her life or widdowhoode for her Supporte and Comfort and in
Case she should marrey then my wall is that she shall have my
best Bed and all furniture thereunto belonging: to be her own
for ever: Item I Give unto my son Joseph Warren all That my
fifty acres of upland lying upon Sandwich Road in the Town-
ship of Plimouth this to have and possess after my decease as
alsoe the one half of my share of land and meadow at Aggawam
hat is already divided and after my Wives decease my will is
and 1 doe by these presents give unto my son Joseph Warren
my now dwelling house outhousing uplands and meadow land
that I have in the Township of Plimouth I do give to him and
his Heires for ever That is begotten of his body. Item I give
unto my son Benjamin Warren all my lands both uplands and
meadow land that I have Lying both in Middlebury and Bridg-
water Townships to belong to him and his heires for ever that
is Begotten of his Body Item I give unto my daughter Mercy
Bradford two Cowes. Item and it is my Will that after my
t W ives decease or marriage againe that then my whole Estate
both movablles Chattels or debts or whatsoever or wheresoever
it may be found shall be equally divided amongst four of my

1 6 Joseph IVarrcfis Will and Inventory.

Children that is to say Joseph Benjamin Patience and Elizabeth :
And [p. 39] And lastly I do nominate and appoint my dear and
loving wife Priscilla Warren to be the sole Executrix of this my
last will and testament to administer on my s d estate to pay
Such debts as I owe and to Receive Such debts as is owing to
me and to se that my body be decently buried and to defray
the Charges thereof And I do Request my Brother Thomas
ffaunce to be helpfull to my s d Executrix in the acting and
disposing of particulars according to the tenor hereof Thus hop-
ing that this my last Will and Testament will be performed and
kept Revoaking all other wills Either verball or written I have
here unto set my hand and Seal on the 4 th of May 1689 :
Signed Sealed and declared to The Mark of Joseph

be his last will and Testament Warren Senior and a (seal)

In presence of
Ephraim Morton sen r
Ephraim Morton jun r
Tho : ffaunce :

Leiu* Ephraim Morton Thomas ffaunce and Ephraim Morton
jun r the witnesses herein named appeared before two of the
Magistrates of this County of Plimouth Viz* William Bradford
dep* Gov r and John Cushing assistant & made oath that they
w r ere present and Saw the above named Joseph Warren deceased
Signe seal & heard him declare this Instrument as his last will
& testament and that to y e best of their judgment he was of a
disposing mind & memory when he did y e same. September
y e 4 th 1689 :

Attest Sam' 1 , Sprague Clerk

An Inventory of the Estate of Joseph Warren sen r of Plimouth

deceased Taken and apprised by us wmose names are under

written: on the 15 th of May 1689:

Imp 1 ^ His Wearing apparrell and Books :,

Item in Silver

Item in Cattell 4 oxen at

Item in ten Cowes at

Item in four three year old Steeres

Item in two 4 year old Steeres

Item in two buls and one Steere

Item in 4 yearlings and two 2 year olde Heiifers

Item in other Small Cattel and horses and Swine

Item in Beds and Beding Suitable to them

Item in Table Linnen and new Cloth

Item in Pewter and Brass

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06

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10

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08

00
06

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A Calkins Family Record. 17

Item in Iron pots kittles Hakes and hookes

Item in amies and Amunition

Item in Carpenters Tooles Sythes and Sickles

Item in Earthern Vessels and Glass Bottles

Item in an old fflock Bed three Blankets & Cushions

Item in Wooden Vessels & Spinning wheels

Item in Tables Chaires and Chests

[p. 40] Item in one paire of Stillyards Iron Hachell

& Steel trapp 01

Item in an old Cart and wheels and Plows and Tacklen

to them
Item in shingle and Boltes
Item in Hoes Spade and and Pitchforkes
Item in 3 Canooes & Cartrope

Item in Cotton and Linnen Yarne Woolen Yarn flax teere
Item in Cotton & sheeps wooll

Item in nailes and Razor and Case of fTleams and 2 Bells
Item in Wheel timber old Saddle Bridle and Pannell
Item in Old Cask and other Lumber
Item in debts due to the Estate
Item the Estate Indebted

Ephraim Morton Sen r

Tho flaunce

Priscilla Relict Widdow of the above named Joseph Warren
deceased appeared at Plimouth September the 4 th : 1689 before
the Magistrates of this County of Plimouth and Made oath
that the above written is a true Inventory of the Goods &
Chattels of s d deceased as far as she Knows and that if more
appear she will Bring it to this Inventory

Attest Sam' 1 , Sprague Clerk

°3

A CALKINS FAMILY RECORD.

By John Oviatt DeWolf.

While making some investigations into the DeWolf Gen-
ealogy, especially in the line of the Mayflower descent, I had
occasion to trace the family of Stephen Calkins, and in doing so
fuund an old memorandum book in the possession of my father,
Austin DeWolf, now of Marion, Indiana, of such value that it
seems worthy of reproduction in these pages, in the hopes that
it may prove of interest to others.

1 8 A Calkins Family Record.

The book was made by folding and sewing together four
sheets of paper and has sixteen pages. The first eight pages
have notes written in ink that, although somewhat faded, is still
legible. The remaining pages are blank. On the first page
is this title: "A Record Book January 24 th 1799 Hillsdale
district county of Columbia & State of New York."

There is nothing to show the authorship, and there seems to
be no knowledge regarding it, except the following which I copy
from a letter written me by my father : " I know but little of
the old Record Book. After my grandfather's death I went
carefully through the papers in his desk and found among them
this old family record, which I put away among my papers,
where it remained till sent to St. Louis to be photographed. It
was not written by my grandfather, and I do not know in whose
handwriting it is."

Its being sent to St. Louis, as referred to, was to have
photographs of it taken in connection with the application for
membership in the Society of Mayflower Descendants by Mr.
Edwin A. DeWolf of that city, to whom I am indebted for
certain information regarding my own ancestors.

The Stephen Calkins referred to married Sarah Calkins,
daughter of Jonathan Calkins and Sarah Turner, who was
daughter of Ezekiel Turner, the son of John Turner and Mary
Brewster, the granddaughter of William Brewster of the May-
flower.

Jonathan and Sarah Calkins had a daughter, Lucy, who
married Simon DeWolf of Lyme, Connecticut. Their son,
Elisha DeWolf, married Lydia More, also of Lyme, and had a
son, Simon, born in Lyme in 1776. Simon married Lydia
Batchelder in 1803, and their son, Almon DeWolf, born at
Deerfield, Massachusetts, in 1806, and married to Elvira New-
ton of the same place in 1832, had a son, Austin (my father)
born at Deerfield, April 29, 1838, and married to Frances
Ophelia Oviatt at Morris, Connecticut, on October 17, 1866.

The Edwin A. DeWolf of St. Louis, referred to, is also
descended from Elisha DeWolf and Lydia More, of Lyme.

The illustration facing this page shows pages two and three,
and is of the exact size of the book when open.

A literal copy of all the entries follows :

[p. 2] (Ste)phen Colkins was born Sep br 5 th 1701

Srah Colkins his wife was born July 7 th . 1703 & they was marriaed

January 2, 1723
Lucy their first child was born August 6, 1723
Elisabeth December 29, 1724

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Anna march 15 1727 and died August 1728

Eunice October 4 1729

Stephen march 13, 1732

Sarah July 14 th 1734

Turner their 7 november 5, 1736

Hannah February 15, 1739

Zurviah March 10, 1742

Ana their 10 Child was born May 9 th 1745

[p. 3] Stephen Colkins Died February 2 d A D 1753.

& Hannah Died march 27, 1760

Eunice Died January 14, 61

Sarah Colkins the wife of Stephen Colkins Disceast Died December

3, 1774 and in the 72 year of her age
Elisabeth Died October 29 1784

Turner Colkins Died January 27, 1797 & in the 61 year of his age
Lucy Died Dec br , 1798

[p. 4] (Tu)rner Colkins was born November 5 1736
Mercy his wife was born may 31, 1735 and was marriaed may 21

1757
Asa their first child was born September 2, 1757
Absalom march 18, 1759
Eunice Sep 3, 1761
Matthew was born February 9, 1764
Jemima March 16, 1766
Stephen April 8, 1768
[p. 5] A Died November 12, 1768
&: Sarah September 29 1769
Mercy Colkins wife of Turner Colkins Died October 6, 1771 in the

36 year of her age
[p. 6] In the year 1775 January 5 th Turner Colkins was married to

Phebe Cadman and She was born October 10 1753
Mercy their first child was born June 26, 1775
Stephen October 8 1776
Rebeckah July 2, 1778
Anna December 23, 1779
Hannah Sep 14, 1781

[p. 7] Daniel was born the 4 of October 1783
Elijah and Elisha the twins was born July 28, 1785
Turner July 22, 1787
Sebuary march the 2, 1789
Absalom September 2, 1790
Amos December 17, 1792
William their 13 was born march 8 1796.
[p. 8] Gallatians Chapter 4, verse 10 & Romans xiv, 5
False burdens I will cast away and follow that thats good
The example Set by thousands that gave there Lives for god
Lam 2, 14

20 Halifax, Mass., Vital Records.

HALIFAX, MASS., VITAL RECORDS

{Continued from Vol. Ill, page 139.)

[Vol. I, p. 26] Published

1 7 98. Jan?. i st . Peleg Holmes of Plympton and Eunice Woods of
Halifax have been Published in Halifax as the law directs

1798 Jany: 15 th Samuel Vaughan of Carver and Huldah Tomson of
Halifax have been published in Halifax as the law directs

1798 June 23 d1 Gamaliel Bolton of Raynham and Susanna Osbourn
of Halifax have been Published in Halifax according to the
directions of law

1798 July 23 rd Joseph Bosworth and Deborah Waterman both of
Halifax have been published in Halifax According to the direc-
tions of law.

[p. 214] November: 1 : 1773 Benjamin Parris of Bridgwater and
Sarah Parris of Hallifax have Been Lawfully Published in
Hallifax

November 15: 1773. Elisha waterman of Hallifax and Martha Ben-
son Jun r . of Bridgwater have Been Lawfully Published in Halli-
fax

November 15 : 1773 Ezra Drew and Betty Holmes Both of Hallifax
have Been Lawfully Published in Hallifax

January. 31: 1774 Rufus Barney of Taunton and Sarah Holme of
Hallifax have been Lawfully Published in Hallifax

February: 14 : 1774 Isaac Tomson of Middlebrough and Lucy
Sturtevant of Hallifax have been Lawfully Published in Hallifax

aprill: 4 th : 1774 the Intention of marriage betwixt Giles Leach and
Deborah Jackson both of Hallifax have been Lawfully Pub-
lished in Hallifax

September 25 th : 1774 the Intention of marriage betwixt Josiah Whit-
man of Bridgwater and Sarah Sturtevant Jun r of Hallifax have
been Lawfully Published in Hallifax

December 11 th : 1774 The Intention of marriage betwixt Samuel
Stafford Sturtevant and Pricilla Palmer both of Hallifax have
been Lawfully Published in Hallifax

January 21 st : 1775 The Intention of marriage betwixt Peleg Barrow
Jun r . of Plymton and Jemima Drew of Hallifax have been Law-
fully Published in Hallifax

February 11 th : 1775 The Intention of marriage betwixt Joshua Curtis
and Phebe Waterman both of Hallifax have been Lawf un-
published In Hallifax

October: 2 : 1775: John Witherhead of Plymouth and Submit Harlow
of Hallifax have been Lawfully Published in Hallifax

Nov 1 *: 20: 1775 William Waterman and Deborah Bryant Both of
Hallifax Have Been Lawfully Published in Hallifax

Halifax, Mass., Vital Records. 21

Nov 7 : 27: 1775 the Intentions of marriage Betwixt Joseph Dunbar
and Hannah Ripley Both of Hallifax have Been Lawfully Pub-
lished in Hallifax

Nov r 27: 1775 the Intention of marriage Betwixt Doct r William
Batcheller of Milton and Joanna Waterman Jun r of Hallifax
have Been Lawfully Published in Hallifax

Dec*: 18: 1775 tne Intentions of marriage Between David Mahuren
of Easton and Ruth Dunbar of Hallifax have Been Lawfully
Published in Hallifax

Dec' 18 1775 the Intentions of marriage Between Benjamin Dunbar
and Hannah Hathaway Both of Hallifax have Been Lawfully
Published in Hallifax

January 8 : 1776 Jabez Waterman of Hallifax and Hannah Bradford
of Plymton have been Lawfully Published in Hallifax

[p. 215] January 29: 1776 the Intentions of marriage Between oliver
Holmes and Lydia Tomson 3 d Both of Hallifax have Been Law-
fully Published in Hallifax

January 29 : 1776 the Intentions of marriage Between Benjamin
Munro of Hallifax and Abigail Munro of Hanover have Been
Lawfully Published in Hallifax

February 19 : 1776 the Intentions of marriage Between Samuel Hea-
ford of Hardwick and Bathsheba Tinkham of Hallifax have
Been Lawfully Published in Hallifax

March 4: 1776. the Intentions of marriage Between Thomas Drew
and Lucy Tomson Both of Hallifax Have been Lawfully Pub-
lished in Hallifax

July 29 th 1776 The Intention of Marriage Between Asahel Lyon of
Plimton & Fear Cushman of Hallifax have ben Lawfully
Published in Hallifax

Oct r 2i 5t 1776 The Intentions of Marriage Between Ignatius Loring
of Plimton and Abigail Soule of Hallifax have ben Lawfully
Published in Hallifax

Nov* - 4 lh 1^76 The Intentions of Marriage Between Samuel Whitman
of Bridgwater and Sarah Waterman of Hallifax have Lawfully
Published in Hallifax

Nov*. 4 1776 ^e Intentions of Marriage Between Joseph Water-
man Jun r of Hallifax and Lucy Josling Munro of Hanover has
Wn Lawfully Published in Hallifax

March 17 1777 The Intention of Marriage Between Levi Everson
of KJn-ston and Eunice Briggs of Hallifax has been Lawfully
Published in Hallifax

March 18 th 1777 The Intention of Marriage Between Doc r Thomas
Sturtevant of Middlebor . and Sarah Soule of Hallifax has been
Lawfully Published in Hallifax

24 th 1777 The Intention of Marriage betwen Jonathan Cortis
and Moley Faxon both of Hallifax have been Lawfully Pub-
lished in the Town of Hallifax

22 Lieutenafit John Tomson s Will and Inventory.

June 23 : 1777 Charles Sturtevant JurT. of Rochester and Ruth
Bearce of Hallifax have been Lawfully Published in Hallifax

July 14: 1777 James Faunce and Mary Cushman Both of Hallifax
have Been Lawfully Published in Hallifax

(To be continued?)

LIEUTENANT JOHN TOMSON'S WILL AND INVEN-
TORY AND THE AGREEMENT OF HIS HEIRS.

Literally Transcribed from the Original Recordt
By George Ernest Bowman.

Lieutenant John Tomson died at Middleborough 16/26
June, 1696, in the eightieth year of his age.* His wife, Mary 2
Cooke (Francis 1 )!, survived him, and the agreement between the
heirs regarding her share of the property is of especial interest,
since it supplies the given names of the husbands of two of the
daughters, Thomas Taber who married Mary Tomson, and Wil-
liam Read who married Esther Tomson.

The will, inventory and agreement are found in the Plym-
outh County Probate Records, Volume I, pages 241-245.

The spelling " Tomson" is taken from an autograph on a
document which we hope to illustrate at an early date

[p. 241] Know all men to whome these presents shall Come that
I John Tomson sen r of y e Township of Middlebury Being at this
present very weak in Body through may Infirmities and diseases
that are upon me but of Sound and perfect understanding &
memory Do make and ordaine this to be my last will and Testa-
ment to Continue for Ever firm and Inviolable. Imprimis I
Will and Bequeath unto Mary Tomson my Beloved Wife y e use
of one half of my house during her Widdowhoode which half
she pleaseth. And y e use of all my house hold Goods During
her Widdowhoode And Six Cows and a score of Sheep And
three or four Acres of land lying by my house All these to have
and to use During y e time of her Widdowhoode And also my
Will is that y e Executors shall se that y e said land shall be
Improved for her And they shall be paid out of y e Estate And
Also I will leave her one hundred pounds in money to dispose
to her children as she shall se Cause but if in Case she should

* Mfr. Desc, II : 43. t Mfr. Desc., Ill : 105.

Lieutenant John Tomsori s Will and Inventory. 23

die Intestate my will is that this said hundred pound shall be
equally divided among them all Sons and Daughters that is my
own children & hers Also my will is that she shall have a Cow
or a stear yearly for her provisions And if she Can not spare it
out of that Stock of Cattell then it shall be provided for her out
of y e Estate Also my Will is that whatsoever provisions and
doathing is left at my Decease shall belong to y e family
And my wife shall have a double part of it at her disposing.
And whereas I Gave unto my son John half a share of land
formerly And he hath nothing to show for it I now Give it him
bv will and he shall have fifty Acres of land where his house
standeth taking it up the whole length. Also I Give and Be-
queath unto my son Jacob the House wherein he Dwelleth And
y e fourth part of y e upland that is of y e two hundred Acres of
upland And also I do give and Bequeath unto my sons Thomas
and Peter The one half of my house wherein I do dwell during
their mothers life Conditionally that they will agree to keep
together and maintain their mothers stock of Cattell aforesaid
And they shall have the Increase both of Cattell and sheep So
that they maintain & make good y e principle And if they should
Come to some extraordinary losses so that they are like to be
loosers by it they shall be Considered in y e estate And my will
is that there shall be meadow set apart to keep those Cattell
during their mothers life. And I do Give and Bequeath unto
my Son Thomas all my house and the Barn and y e orchard and
y* lands Adjacent thereabout after his mothers decease that will
amount to a fourth part of two hundred acres onely if my son
Peter have not land enough fenced and Broaken up he shall
have y« use of two or three acres of land for two years if he
lesire it. And also I do give and bequeath unto my son Peter
1 hat my fifty Acres of upland that I bought of John Morton
V.*i whereas I have Given to my sons John and Jacob and
'. '., rTn * tnre Quarters of this two hundred Acres of upland my
Kill is that in y e division the fourth part be left so as to be
: sutably divided amongs them all four Also I Give unto
rm four sons aforesd A third part of land that was purchased
by Captain, Joseph lathrop and [p. 242] M r Barnabas lothrop
and myself. And also I Give unto my four Sons above written
y* one half of that third part of upland that was purchased by
Captain Church and my Self the one half of that third part next
to Snipetuit pond and my one sixteene shilling purchase and
that which I bought of John Irish And that Tract of land at
Assawamset that I bought of ffelix y e Indian And that which
I Bought of William Clarke formerly Called y e Majors purchase

24 Lieutetiant John Tomsoris Will and Inventory.

lying BetwLxt the two paths. A fifth part of that Tract All
which I Give to them to divide Equally Amongst themselves
And also I Give unto my four sons aforesaid all that my two
hundred Acres of upland lying Between Monponset pond and
the little Herring pond with my four Acres of meadow and my
two shares and half in y e Great Sedar Swamp And my two
shares and half in y e undivided lands All which shall be Equally
Divided Among my four sons aforesaid Also my Will is that my
four sons shall Have All my Tooles of all Sorts for Carpentry
or Husbandry and also all my Armes All to be Equally divided
among them. Also I Give unto my Son Peter Twenty pounds
in money towards y e Building of him a house besides four or
five thousand foote of Boards and plank Also I do Give unto
my Daughter Mary Tabor thirty and five pounds besides w 1 is
due to me from her husband Also I do Give unto my Daugh-
ter Esther Read thirty and three pounds besides what is Due
unto me from her husband likewise I do Give unto my Daughter
Elizabeth Swift twenty and five pounds And also to my Grand-
son Thomas Swift ten pounds when he Cometh to y e age of one
and twenty years And if he should dye before then it shall be
forthwith paid unto his mother Also I Give unto my Daughter
Sarah Tomson forty pounds Also I Give unto my Daughter Lidia
Soul Thirty and four pounds Besides what she hath had already.
Also I do Give unto my Daughter Mercy Tomson forty pounds
likewise I do Give unto my son Jacob a yoak of steers of four
years old or upwards or y e value of them. Also I Give unto
my son Thomas a yoak of steers and two Cows or y e value of
them Also I Give to my son Peter a yoak of steers and two
Cows or y e value of them Also my will is that my four sons
John and Jacob and Thomas and Peter Tomsons shall be my
executors Who shall Receive what is due unto me and shall pay
all my just debts And shall Se that my Body be Decently
Buryed And out of my estate to defray y e charges And whatso-
ever is left after my and my wifes decease when all charges is
cleared shall be equally divided Amongst them all my children
Sons and Daughters Thus hoping that this my last will and
Testament will be kept and Performed according to y e true
Intent of y e same I commit my Body to y e Dust and my soul to
God that Gave it me In witness whereof I Set unto my hand
& Seal this Twenty third day of Aprill one thousand Six hun-
dred ninety and six.

Witness John Tomson (seal)

Jonathan Shaw sen r
Joseph King his JK mark
Anne Waterman her 5T> mark

Lis2iteTiant John Tomsoris Will and Inventory. 25

Memorandum y e 8 th day of July 1696 That Jonathan Shaw
Joseph King and Anne Waterman the Witnesses hereto Sub-
scribing made oath all of them that they were present and Saw
and heard John Tomson y e Testator here named Sign Seal and
declare the above Written to be his last will and Testament.
And that to y e best of their judgment he was of sound dispos-
ing mind and memory when he did y e same.

Before W m Bradford Esq r Judge.
Attest Sam 1 Sprague Regist r

[p. 243] William Bradford Esq r Commissionated &c for y e
Granting of probate of Wils and letters of Administration
within y e County of plimouth. To all to whome these pres-
ents shall Come or may Concern Greeting. Know ye that on
the eighth day of July 1696 Before me in Duxborough the
Will of John Tomson late of Middleborough deceased to these
presents Annexed was Proved Approved and allowed who hav-
ing while he lived and at y e time of his death Goods Chattels
Rights and Credits The said deceased and his said will in any
maner Concerning was Committed unto his four sons viz* John
Jacob Thomas and Peter Executors in y e same will named well
and truly to Administer y e same And to make a true and perfect
Inventory of all & Singular the Goods Chattels Rights and
Credits of y e said deceased and the same to exhibit into y e
Registers office of the said County according to law Also to
Render a true and Plain account of their said Administration
•upon oath In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand
and y e Seal of y e said office. William Bradford

Dated at Plimouth y e 8 th day of July 1696 :
Sam 1 Sprague Regist r .

Know all men by these presents that whereas our Honoured
ffather John Tomson Sen r of Middleborough deceased Hath
made his last will and Testament Bearing date the twenty third
day of Aprill one thousand six hundred ninty and Six wherein
divers particulars Seemed not to be plainly expressed Wherefore
to prevent future difference we his children whose names are
under written Have Joyntly agreed and Concluded to Rectifie
the same as followeth that is to say That whereas in y e said will
there was one hundred pounds in money Given to our loving-
mother onely for her to dispose among her children now we
have Agreed that the same shall be hers as her own Proper
Estate to use & Improve as she shall Se Cause. And whereas

26 Lieutenant John To?nsoris Will and Inventory.

in said Will our said mother is to have Six Cows & a Score of
sheep And that Thomas Tomson & Peter Tomson are to keep
and maintain y e said stock Good for her during her widdowhood
& they to have y e Increase And that she was to have a Cow or
a Steer yearly for her provision We now Agree that y e said
Cow or steere Shall be allowed to her yearly by the said
Thomas and Peter And at her decease the abovesaid Stock
is to Return to y e said Thomas and Peter And whereas there is
no mention made in said Will of a horse for our said mothers
own use we do now Agree that there shall be a horse allowed
her out of y e estate in Generall which said Horse is to be kept
and provided for by the said Thomas Tomson During her life to
be for her own proper use & whereas there is Severall Tracts
of meadow which did belong to our said ffather lying at Winne-
tuxet and no mention is made thereof in said Will we do now
Agree that all y e said meadow Shall be equally divided among
his four sons namely John Tomson Jacob Tomson Thomas Tom-
son and Peter Tomson to them and their heirs and Assigns for
ever. Always provided that there shall be meadow set apart
out of y e whole for y e keeping of our mothers said stock during
her life. And whereas in y e said Will our father gave out the
severall parcels of land which he [p. 244] was possessed of unto
his four sons and no mention made of their heirs we do now
agree that all y e said lands which our father dyed possessed of
shall belong to y e said four sons namely John Tomson Jacob
Tomson Thomas Tomson and Peter Tomson to them and their
heirs and Assigns for ever And whereas in said Will It is
expressed that our said mother should have y e use Of three or
four Acres of y e Improved land during her Widdowhood And
that y e executors of said Will should Se that y e said land Should
be Improved for her we do now Agree that y e said executors
Shall Improve the said land for her own proper use during her
naturall life And whereas we are Informed that it was our
fathers mind that John Tomson Jacob Tomson and Peter Tom-
son should have thirty pounds in money a peece & ye same not
being expressed in y e Will We do now Agree that they shall
have y e same And as for what monies doth Remain after leg-
acies are paid We do now Agree that it shall be equally divided
forthwith amongst us all namely to y e four sons and y e Six
daughters & their heirs or Assigns And also for what legacies
are to be paid with y e Remaining part of y e Estate which by
will is to be divided unto y e six daughters shall be to them and
their heirs & Assigns though not so fully expressed in v e will.
In Testimony whereof we whose names are under written have

Lieutenant John Tomsori s Will and Inventory. 27

here unto set our hands and seals this nineteenth day of June
one Thousand six hundred ninety and six.

Signed & Sealed The mark () of John Tomson (seal)

in y e presence of us Elizabeth Swift(seal) Jacob Tomson (seal)
The Mark J K of Sarah Tomson (seal) Thomas Tomson(seal)
Joseph King James Soul (seal) Peter Tomson (seal)

Margaret Price The mark | [ | of Thomas Tabor (seal)

Marcy Tomson (seal) William Read (seal)

Memorandum that on y e first day of July 1696.

The Widdow Mary Tomson & Relict of m r John Tomson
late of Middlebury deceased Did declare her Consent unto and
acceptation of y e particulars above written to her full Satisfac-
tion In Testimony hereof y e said Widdow Mary Tomson hath
hereunto set her hand and seal on y e day and year above men-
tioned.

Si^med & Sealed in y e presence The ]T mark of y e Widdow
of John Trasie Mary Tomson (seal)

John Soul.

Memorand y e 8 th day of July 1696 y e within named John
Tomson Jacob Tomson Thomas Tomson and Peter Tomson all
of them Came personally before me y e Subscriber Judge of Pro-
Kite and owned and acknowledged the within written Instru-
ment of Agreement to be their act & deed And that y e same
shall be good & binding to themselves and their Severall heirs
f<>r Ever

William Bradford

Memorand y e same 8 th day of July 1696 Joseph King one of
y* Witnesses to y e within written Instrument appeared and
nack rath Before me y e Subscriber Judge of Probate that he
WiS present and saw y e within Named John Tomson Jacob
T m* n Thomas Tomson Peter Tomson Thomas Tabor William
Read Elizabeth Swift Sarah Tomson James Soul and Mercy
Tomson Every of them sign & seal the within written Instru-
ment of Apeement as their act & deed. And y* Mary y e wife
tif Thomas Tabor and Lidia y e wife of James soul were present
at y* doing of y c same And that he said King Subscribed as a
witness to said agreement and that he then saw Margaret Price
> e other witness Subscrib with him as a witness also

William Bradford

Lieutenant John Tomsori s Will and Inventory.

[p. 245] An Inventory of y e estate of Lieu* John Tomson late
of Middlebury deceased

Taken and Apprised by us whose names are under written
on y e first of July 1696.

.20

61s

7
6

Imp r s To his wearing Apparrel and purse

Item In Cash

Item In Books

Item In Armes and Ammunition

Item In Bedding one Bed in y e Parlour and furniture

Item In one Bed in y e Little parlour and furniture

Item In one Bed in y e kitching chamber & furniture

Item In two Beds in y e Parlour Chamber and furniture

Item In one pillow and pillowbeers

Item In sheets

Item In Table Linnen

Item In pewter

Item In Brass and Iron

Item In Linnen and woollen yarn

Item In Remnants of New Cloth and Stuff

Item In Trunks chests chairs and Little Table

Item In wheeles and Cards

Item In sheeps wooll

Item In Wooden Vessels Cask and old Lumber

Item In Provision Come Malt and Meat

Item In Meal Baggs

Item In Money Scales and Looking Glass

Item In Drest Leather

Item In Tobacco

Item In a Compass

Item In Tooles for Carpentrey and Husbandrey work

Item In Boards and plank

Item In Cedar Boults and Claveboard

Item In Neat Cattell

Item In sheep

Item In Swine

Item In Horse kind and furniture

Item In Bees

Item In y e farm on w ch y e housing stands on w* all >

his Interest of meado on Winnatuxet River )

Item In his two hundred Acres of land at a place )

Called y e herring pond w lh all his Rights in y e >- . 50

Majors Purchasse )

Item In y e fifty Acres of land Bought of John Morton . 10
Item In y e land Bought of William Clarke of Duxbury >

deceased ) * " S

Item In y e land in partnership with y e Lothrops .20

6
2

97
6

400

2
1
2
5 •

5 ••

6 .8

•5
1 3

•7

12
10
J S

•5
11

14
10

Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records. 29

Item In his Rights in Lands purchassed by Capt ^

Church & himself of Tuspaquin and his son at a > .40
place Called Snepetuit pond. )

Item In Two Rights in y e Sixteen Shilling purchase^
with his Rights in Assawamset neck and lands
bought of ffelix Indian in s d neck & Right in
lands purchassed by Henry wood

Item In Debts due to y e Estate by Bills .46 16 .

Item In Debts due to y e Estate by Booke .13 16 1

Item due from y e Estate for ffunerall Charges . . 3

The sum totall of y e Estate is 1559 . . 9
y e sum Totall of Debts due to y e estate is . . 3

John Trasie John Soul Thomas fTaunce

The executors of y e last will & Testament of Lieu 4 John Tomson
above said deceased Namely John Tomson Jacob Tomson Thomas
Tomson & Peter Tomson made oath July y e 8 th 1696 before W m
Bradford Esq r Judge of Probate that y e above written is a true Inven-
tory of y e goods chattells Rights & Credits of y e said deceased so far
as they know & that if more shall Come to their knowledge they will
discover it

Attest Sam 1 Sprague Register

EASTHAM AND ORLEANS, MASS*, VITAL RECORDS.

{Continued from Vol. Ill, p. 231.)

[Vol. I, Pt. II, p. 15] Jonnathan Bangs and Mary Mayo weare

maried the 16 th Day of July in the yeare 1664
Eadward Bangs the sonne of Jonnathan Bangs was borne the last

Day of September in the yeare 1665
Rebeckah Bangs the Daughter of Jonnathan Bangs was borne the

first Day of feburarie in the yeare 1667
Jonnathan bangs the sonne of Jonnathan Bangs was borne the last

Day of aprill in the yeare 1670
Jonnathan Bangs the sonne of Jonnathan Bangs Deasessed the? 1 1^^

Day of May 1670
Mary Bangs the Daughter of Jonnathan Bangs was borne the 14 th

of Aprill 167 1
Jonathan Bangs the sonn of Jonathan Bangs Was borne the 4 th day

of May 1673
Hannah Bangs the daughter of Jonathan Bangs was borne the four-
tenth of March 1676
Thamoson Banges the daughter of Jonathan Banges was borne in

May in the yeare: 1678 :

30 East ham and Or/cans, Mass., Vital Records.

Samuel Banges the sonne of Jonathan Banges was borne the: 12 th :

of July in the yeare : 1680
Mercie Banges the daughter of Jonathan Banges was borne the: 7 th .

of Jennuarie in the yeare : 1682
Elizabeth Bangs the daughter of Jonathan Bangs was borne the 15

day of May in the year 1685
Sarah Banges the daughter of Jonnathan Banges was born in Agust

in the year. 1689 :
lydia Banges the daughter of Jonnathan Banges was born the Second

day of October in the year. 1689 :
(worn) Ridley and Mary* Strout were Married by (M r ) Sarnuell

Treat the third day of august Anno dom 1708
(D)aniel Hamilton and Sarah Snow were married by (M r ) Sarnuell

Treat on the fifth day of august anno dom 1708

[p. 16] Georg godfraie the son of georg godfraie was borne the 2 d of
Jenuarie in the yeare: 1662

Samuel godfraie the son of george godfraie was borne the 27 th
of Jenuarie 1664

Moses godfraie the son of george godfraie was borne the 27 th of
Jenuar(y) 1667

Hannah godfraie the daughte of george godfraie was borne the 25 th
of aprill. 1669 :

Mary godfraie the daughter of george godfraie was borne the 2 nd of
June in the year. 1672

Ruth godfraie the daughte of georg godfraie was borne the first day
of Jenuarie : 1675

Richard godfraie the son of george godfraie was b©rne the 11 th of
June: 1677

Jonnathan godfray the son of george godfray was borne the 24 th of
June: i632

Elizabeth godfrie the daughter of georg godfrie was borne the tenth
day of September ; 16SS

Sarah Mayo the daughter of James and Sarah mayo was Born at
Eastham the fourteent(h) day of Januarie 1702/3

Henry Mayo the son of James and Sarah ma(yo) was Born at East-
ham the 3 d day of may 1705

John Mayo the son of James and Sarah Mayo (was) Born at East-
ham the fourteenth day of October 1707

[p. 17] Thomas Crosby the sonne of M r Thomas Crosby was borne

the seventh day of Aprill in the year. 1663
Simon Crosbe the sonne of M r Thomas Crosbe was borne the 5 th

Day of July in the yeare 1665
Sarah Crosbe the Daughter of M r Thomas Crosbe was borne the 24 th

of March in the yeare 1667
Joseph Crosbe the sonne of M r Thomas Crosbe was borne the 27 th

of Jennuarie in the yeare 1668

Eastham a?id Orleans, Mass., Vital Records. 31

M r Thomas Crosbe two sonns borne at a bearth named John borne

the 4th Day of December in the yeare 1670
John Crosbe the sonne of M r Thomas Crosbe Deseased which was

one of the children borne at a beirth : buried the n enth Day of

feburarie 1670
William Crosby the sonne of M r Thomas Crosby was borne in march

in the year. 1673
Ebenezer Crosby the sonne of M r Thomas Crosby was borne the

twenty eight day of March in the year. 1675 :
anne and mercy Crosby the daughters of M r Thomas Crosby and a

sonne that died named Increase all three at a bearth borne aprill

the fourtenth an fif tenth in the year. 1678 :
Eliezer Crosby the sonne of M r Thomas Crosby was borne the one

and thirtieth of March in the year : 1680 :
Samuell Baker and Patience Berrie were married by Nathaniel fTree-

man Esqu r the Eleventh day of Januarie 1709/10
Ebenezer Severence and (*) Tomlin were married by Nathan 11

ffreeman Esqu r febuary y e 14 th 1709/10
Samuell Robins and Desire chase were married by Joseph Doane

Esqu er on y e 18 th day of June anno Dom 17 13

[p. 18] Thomas paine junior and hannah shaw wear maried the : 5 :

of august : 1678
hannah paine the daughter of Thomas paine was borne the : 6 : of

aprill: 1679
hugh paine the sonn of Tho : paine : jun : was borne the : 5 th : day

of July: 1680
hannah paine the daughter of Tho : paine jun : died the : 17 th : of

November: 1681
hugh paine the sonne of Tho : paine jun : died the : 29 th : of Novem-
ber: 1681
Thomas paine the sonne of Tho: paine jun: was borne the: 28 th :

day of feburarie in the yeare : 168 1/2
Thomas paine junior another daughter Named Hannah: borne the:

12 th : day of May: 1684
Jonathan Paine the Sone of Thomas, and Hannah Paine Jun was

borne the first Day of febuary : 1685 : 86
Abygaile Paine the Daughter of Thomas and Hannah Paine was

borne the fourth day of march: 1687 : Zd» ad Shee dyed the

twenty fist day of January : 1688 : 9
Thomas Paine had another daughter named Abygaile borne: the

tenth day of november : 1689
Phebee Paine the daughter of Tho : and Hannah Paine was borne

the fourtheenth day of march : 1690 : 91
Elkenah Paine the son of Thomas and Hannah Paine was borne :

the first Day of febuary : 1692 : 95

•The given name was omitted.

32 East ham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records.

Moses Paine the Son of Thomas and Hannah Paine was Borne the

twenty eighth day of September In the yeare 1695
Phebe Paine the Daughter of Thomas and Hannah Paine Dyed the

21 day of January : i6q£
Joshua Paine the Son of Thomas and Hannah Paine was Borne the

twenty eighth day of august: in the year: 1697
Thomas and Hannah Paine had another daughter named Phebe

borne : the eleaventh day of (*) in the year: 169I
Lidia Paine the Daughter of Thomas and Hannah Paine was borne

at Eastham the fourth day of december in the year 1700
Barnabas Paine the son of Thomas and Hannah Paine was Born y e

13 th day of November anno 1705

[p. 19] Joshua Bangs and Hannah skuder weare Maried the first

Day of December in the yeare 1669
The Children of Jabez snow recorded
Jabez snow a son Named Jabez : borne the : 6 th day of September in

the yeare 1670
Jabez snow a son Named Edward borne the: 26 th : of March: 1672 :
Jabez Snow a daughter Named Sarah borne the: 26 th : of feburarie :

1673
Jabez Snow a daughter Named grace borne the first day of febu-
rarie: 1675
Thomas Snow the son of Jabiz Snow dyed the secund day of april in

the year 1697 *

Liu*: Jabiz Snow dyed the seaven and twentieth day of december:

in the year 1690 :
Samuell Treat Ju r and Joanna Vickery were married by m r Sam 11

Treat the twenty-seventh day of October Ann(o) Dom 1708
Richard Stevens and Abigaile Treat were married m r Samuel Treat

the twenty-seventh day of October Anno dom 1708
William Dyer and Hannah Strout were Married by m r Sam u Treat

the fifteenth day of april 1 Anno dom 1709
Thomas Smith Jun r and Joanna Mayo were married by m r Sam 11

Treat November y e 3 d Anno dom 1709

[p. 20] Nathaniel Mayo and Elizabeth Wixam wear maried the 28 th

of Jenuarie 1678
Nathaniel mayo the son of nathaniel mayo was borne the 7 th of July :

1681:
Bathsuah mayo the daughter of Nathanell mayo was borne the 23 th

of September : 1683
Nathanel Mayo a daughter borne named alis the. 29 : day of aprill in

the year : 1686
Nathanel Mayo a sonne borne Named Ebenezer the : 13 th : of July

in the year : 1689

* This appears to be " february " altered to January, but may be the reverse.

Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records. 33

Nathanel Mayo a daughter Named Hannah borne the sixtenth day

of June in the year 1692
Elisha mayo the son of Nathanel and Elizebeth mayo was Borne the

twenty eight day of april In the year 1695
Robert Mayo the Son of Nathanael and Elizebeth Mayo was borne

the three and twentieth day of march : 169^
Nathanael Mayo Sen r and Mercy young were Married by Nathanal

flreeman Esqu r the tenth day of June anno dom 1708
Elisabeth Mayo the wife of Nathanael Mayo dyed in december 1799 *
Bathshebe Mayo the wife of Thomas flreeman and Daughter of

Nathanael Mayo dyed the ninth day of January 1706
Robert Young and Joanna Hix were Marryed the twenty secund day

of march In the year 1693 : 4
Robert Young the son of Robert Young was borne the Eleventh day

of april in the year 1695 and dyed the 23 rd of June following
Robert and Joanna Young had another Son named Robert borne the

eleventh day of December in the yeare 1696
Lidia Young the Daughter of Robert and Joanna Young was Borne

at Eastham the nine and twentyeth day of May : 1699 :
Joannah Young the daughter of Robert and Joannah Young was

Born at Eastham the first day of June in the year 1703
Jennet Young the daughter of Robert and Joannah Young was Born

at Eastham the twenty second Day of may 1708
Robert Mayo the son of Nathanael Mayo dyed on the 26 th day of

July 1707
Ebenezer Mayo the son of Nathanael Mayo dyed on y e ninth day of

November 1709
Nathanael Mayo Sen r dyed on y e 30 th day of November : 1709

[p. 21] John Smith and Hannah Williams weare Maried the 24 th of

May in the yeare 1667
Elizabeth Smith the Daughter of John Smith was Borne the 24 th

of feburarie in the yeare 1668
John Smith a daughter borne named Sarah the 27 th day of March in

the yeare 167 1 ales 1672
William Xicherson and Mary Snow wear Maried the 22 th of Jenu-

ary : 1690
William Nicherson a daughter borne March the 17 th : i6|^ Named

Mercy
Nicholas Nicherson the son of William Nicherson was born the

Nintenth day of March in the year : 169^ :
Thankfull Paine the daughter of Nicholas and Hannah Paine was

borne at Eastham : the fourteenth day of march in (the) year

one thousand six hundred ninety n(ine) alias seven hundred :

1699/700
Prisilla Paine the daughter of Nicholas and Hannah Pain(e) was

born the sixteenth day of October Anno 1701

* This is plainly a mistake for 1699.

34 Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records.

Phillip Paine the son of Nicholas and Hannah Paine was born at

Eastham on y e eighteenth day of November : 1704
Lois Paine the daughter of Nicholas and Hannah Paine was Born at

Eastham the twenty ninth day of September Anno Dom 1705
Abigaile Paine the Daughter of Nicholas and Hannah Paine was

Born at Eastham august y e 3 d 1707
Hannah Paine the Daughter of Nicholas and Hannah Paine was

Born at Eastham the twenty fourth day of September Anno

. . I7 °9.
Philip Paine the Son of Nicholas and Hannah Paine dyed on the

tenth day of april anno dom 1725

M re Hannah Paine wife of M r Nicholas Paine Died the 24 day of

January 1731/2

[p. 22] Steven Twinning and Abigael younge weare Maried the : 3 d :
day of Jeriuarie in the yeare of our lord : 1683 :

Steven Twining a sonne Named Steven borne the : 30 th : of decem-
ber in the year 1684

Eliazer Twining the sonne of Steven Twinning was borne the : 26 of
November 1686

Nathanel Twining the sonne of Steven Twining was borne the 27 th
day of March 1689

Steven Twining a daughter Named Mercy* borne the eight day of
September in the year : 1690

John Twining the sonne of Steven Twinning was borne the fifth day
of March : 1695

Sarah Rich the daughter of Richard and Anne Rich was born in
Eastham January the 2 2 d 1695/6

Richard Rich the Son of Richard and Anne Rich was Born in East-
ham febuary the 28 th 1698/9

Rebeckah Rich the daughter of Richard and Anne Rich was Born at
Eastham June the 15 th 1701

Zaccheus Rich the son of Richard and Ann Rich was Born at East-
ham the 2 nd day of april Anno domini 1704

Obadia Rich the son of Richard and Anne Rich was Born at East-
ham the fifteenth day of July : 1707

Priscilla Rich the Daughter of Richard and Anne Rich was Born at
Eastham febuary y e 5 lh 1709/10

Huldah Rich the Daughter of Richard and anne Rich was Born
at Eastham in the month of July anno Domini : 17 12

Joseph Rich the son of Richard and Anne Rich was Born at East-
ham on the fifth day of October anno domini : 17 15 :

Prissilla Rich the Daughter of Richard and Anne Rich Dyed in the
beginning of July anno domini 17 16

Silvanus Rich the son of Richard and anna Rich was Born at East-
ham on y e fourth day of September ano dom 1720

(To be continued!)

Plymouth Colony Deeds. 35

PLYMOUTH COLONY DEEDS.

{Continued from Vol. Ill, p. 228.)

[Vol. II, Pt. I, p. 3 1]

1653 Bradford Gov r 192.7051

The 20 th of October 1653
Memorand : That Captaine Thomas Willett of the Towne of
Plymouth in the Jurisediction of New Plymouth in New Eng-
land in america and M r Willam Paddy of the Towne of Boston
in the Jurisdiction of the Massachusetts marchant Doe both
acknowlidg that for and in consideration of the summe of
seaventy and five pounds to them in hand paied by M r Thomas
Cushman of the Towne of Plymouth in the Jurisdiction of Plym-
outh aforsaid yeoman wherwith they Doe acknowlidge them-
selves satisfyed contented and fully paied and therof and of
every prte and prcell therof Doe acquite and Discharge the
said Thomas Cushman hee his heires executors adminnestrators
and assignes for ever by these p r sents They have freely and
absolutly barganed allianated and sould enfeofed and confeirmed
and by these p r sents Doe bargaine sell enfeofe and confeirme
from them the said capt : Willett and Willam Paddy and theire
heires to him the said Thomas Cushman and his heires and
assignes forever All that theire house and land lying and being
Scittuate att Joanses River in the Towneshipp of Plymouth afor-
said which they the said capt : Willett and Willam Paddy bought
of M r Edmond ffreeman of Sandwidge as appeers in the court
records ; which was formerly the house and land of M r Thomas
Prence somtimes of Plymouth aforsaid ; and Originally was the
house and land of M r Isaak Allerton ; being bounded with the
lands of M is ffuller on the one side and of Clement Briggs and
Christopher Winter on the other side ; the nether end abutting
upon the river aforsaid and soe extending itselfe in the length
up into the woods with all the meddow land either mersh or
upland adioyneing and belonging therunto with all the out-
houses barnes stables fences and all other appurtenances be-
longing therunto with all the additions and enlargements either
of upland or meddow nearer hand or further of att any time
added graunted or any way appertaining unto the said house
and land with all the said capt : Willett and Willam Paddy their
right title and enterest of and into the said p r mises or any prte
or prcell therof: To have and to hould The said house and
land soe bounded as aforsaid with all the outhouses barnes

2,6 Plymouth Colony Deeds.

stables meddowes orchyards enlargrnents and additions both
of upland and meddow nearer hand or further of with all and
singulare the privilidges apurtenances and emunities belonging
unto the said p r mises or any prte or prcell therof unto the said
Thomas Cushman his heires and assignes forever ; The said
p r mises with all and singulare the appurtenances therunto be-
longing to appertaine and belonge unto the onely proper use
and behoofe of him the said Thomas Cushman his heires and
assignes forever ;

The Day and year abovewritten m is Mary Willett the wife
of the said capt : Willet gave her free and full consent unto the
sale of the house and lands and theire severall appurtenances
abovewritten ;

[p. 83] 1653 Bradford Gov r

The 20 th of October 1653
Memorand : That M r Thomas Cushman of the Towne of
Plymouth in the Jurisdiction of New Plymouth in New Eeng-
land in america yeoman Doth acknowlidge that ffor and in
consideration of the summe of seaventy and seaven pounds to
him in hand paied by capt : Thomas Willett of the Towne of
Plymouth in the Jurisdiction of Plymouth and M r Willam
Paddy of the Towne of Boston in the Jurisdiction of the Massa-
chusetts marchant wherwith hee Doth acknowlidge himselfe
satisfyed contented and fully paied and therof and of every prte
and prcell therof Doeth acquite and Discharg the said capt :
Willett and M r Paddy them theire heires exequitors admin-
istrators and assignes forever by these p r sents ; hee hath
freely and absolutly barganed ailianated and sould enfeofed and
confeirmed and pr these p r sents Doth bargaine sell enfeofe
and confeirme from him the said Thomas Cushman and his
heires to them the said captaine Willett and Willam Paddy
them and theire and ever)- of theire heires and assignes forever
All that his prte portion or share of land both upland and
meddow belonging unto him as purchaser lying and being att
Sowamsett Secunke and place or places adiacent together with
all and singulare the appurtenances privilidges and emunities
therunto belonging with all the said Thomas Cushman his
right title and enterest of and into the said p r mises or any prte
or prcell therof, To have and to hold the said whole prte por-
tion purchase or share of land both upland and meddow ; To-
gether with all and singulare the Timbers woods underwoods
swamps and all other privilidges & appurtenances and emunities,
in upon or any way, belonging unto the said whole prte or

Elder Thomas Cushman s Will and Inventory. 37

share of upland and meddow or any prte or prcell therof unto
the said captaine Willett and Willam Paddy theire heires and
assignes forever ; The said p r mises with all and singulare the
privilidges and appurtenances belonging therunto ; To apper-
taine unto the onely proper use and behoofe of them the said
capt : Willett and Willam Paddy theire and every of theire
heires and assignes forever ;

The Day and yeare abovewritten m is Mary Cushman the
wife of the said m r Thomas Cushman gave her free and full
consent unto the sale of the land abovewritten with all and
singulare the appurtenances belonging therunto ;

( To be continued!)

ELDER THOMAS CUSHMAN'S WILL AND INVEN-
TORY, AND THE RECORDS OF HIS DEATH.

Literally Transcribed from the Original Records,
By George Ernest Bowman.

Elder Thomas Cushman died at Plymouth on 10/20 or
1 1/2 1 December, 1691. The town records give the earlier
date. This is also given on his gravestone, which was erected
by the church about twenty-four years after his death. I have
been unable to determine which date is correct. His will and
inventory are found in the Plymouth County Probate Records,
Volume I, pages 129-132.

Thomas Cushman's widow, Mary (Allerton) Cushman,
daughter of Isaac and Mary (Norris) Allerton, was the last
female passenger to die, and the record of her death is here
printed in full.

on the 10 th day of december 1691 That precious and Emi-
nant servant of god deceased The Elder Thomas Cushman being
Entered into the 84 yeare of his age [Plym. T. R., 1 : 202]

The Aged Widow Mary Cushman deceassed November The
28 th day 1699. [Plym. T. R., 1 : 203]

It pleased God to seize upon our good Elder, M r Thomas
Cushman by sicknesse & in this yeare to take him from us, He

38 Elder Thomas Cushman' s Will and Inventory.

was chosen & ordained Elder of this chh, April, 6: 1649:
he was neere 43 yeares in his office, his sicknesse lasted about
1 1 weekes ; he had bin a rich blessing to this chh scores of
yeares. he was grave,' sober, holy & temperate very studious &
sollicitous for the peace & prosperity of the chh & to prevent
& heale all breaches ; He dyed, December, 1 1 : neere the end
of the 84 th yeare of his life; December, 16: was kept as a
day of Humiliation for his death, the Pastor prayed & preached,
M r Arnold & the Pastors 2 sons asisted in prayer ; much of
Gods prescence went away from this chh when this blessed
Pillar was removed. [Plym. Ch. Reds., I: II: 17, under year
1691]

Elder Thomas Cushman dyed, December, 1 1 : having within
two moneths finished the S4 th yeare of his life ; He was ordained
Ruling Elder of this church, April, 6: 1649: he was neere 43
yeares in his office. [Plym. Ch. Reds., I : V : 22]

[Plymouth County Probate Records, 1 : 129-132]
[p. 129] To all People to whome these presents shall Come etc.
Know ye that I Thomas Cushman sen r of the Town of Plimouth
in New England being through Gods mercy and Goodness unto
me at this present in some measure of Good health of Body and
of sound understanding and strength of memory yet considering
my frailty and uncertainty of my abiding in this vale of tears
Do make this to be my last will and Testament And by these
presents I do make this to be my last will and Testament to
Remain firme and Inviolable for ever as followeth. Imprimis
I Give and bequeath my Soul to God that Gave it and my Body
to y e dust & to be decently Buried in hopes of y e Grace of God
through Jesus Christ to Enter into a joyfull Resurrection —
And for my outward Estate I dispose of as followeth viz* I will
and bequeath unto my Dear and loving wife Mary Cushman All
my house and housing together with all my uplands and meadow
lands I am now possessed of in the Township of New Plimouth
to be for her use and support during y e time of her naturall life
Excepting such parcels as I do in this my will Give to my
children: Item I Give unto my Son Thomas Cushman two
twenty acre lots lying upon the Southerly side of m r Joseph
Bradfords land as also y'- enlargements at y e head of those lots
And also twenty acres of upland more or less lying upon the
Easterly Side of Jones River by the Bridge with a skirt of
meadow lying by said River And also one third of my meadow

Elder Thomas Cushmaris Will and Inventory. 39

at Winnatuxet And also a parcell of salt marsh meadow from
our spring unto a Creek westerly of a salt hole and so down to
y e River which said parcel of 1 meadow is to be his after our
decease. All y e abovesaid Parcels of upland and meadows I do
by these presents Give and Bequeath unto my son Tho : Cush-
man to him and his heirs for Ever. Item I Give unto my son
Isaac Cushman one twenty acre lot with y e addition at y e head
lying on the northerly side of Samuel ffullers land in y e Town-
ship of Plimouth and also the one half of my land lying at
Namasket Pond in y e Township of Middleborough as Also y e
one- half of my Right in the Sixteen shilling Purchase so Called
in the Township abovesaid and also one third part of my meadow
at Winnatuxet in Plimouth All which parcels of uplands and
'meadows last above expressed I do by these presents Give &
bequeath unto my Son Isaac Cushman and to him & his heirs
for ever together with all the priviledges thereunto belonging.
Item I do Give unto my son Elkanah Cushman one twenty acre
lot with the addition at the head lying on the Northerly side of
y e land I now Improve But in Case my Son Thomas's now
dwelling house be upon part of this lot my will is my Son
Thomas Enjoy y e land his house now Standeth on without
molestation. As also I Give to my Son Elkanah Cushman the
one half of my land lying at Namasket Pond as also y e one half
of the Sixteen shilling Purchase above Expressed as also one
third of my meadow at Winnatuxet All the abovesaid Parcels of
lands and meadows last above Expressed with all the priveledges
thereunto belonging I do by these presents Give unto my Son
Elkanah Cushman and to his heires for Ever Item I do Give
unto my Son Eleazer Cushman The Rest of my lands both
uplands and meadow lands not above disposed of in Plimouth
and duxborough as also my now dwelling house and outhousing
which house and lands I do by these [p. 1 30] Presents Give and
bequeath unto my Son Eleazer Cushman to him and his heires
for ever to enjoy after I and my wife are deceased And my will
is that my four Sons Thomas Isaac Elkanah & Eleazer Shall
Each of them allow twenty shillings to their Sisters that is to
say Sarah Hoaks and Lidiah Harlow As also my will is that
if any of my Sons Se cause to make sale of their land I have
Given them in Plimouth that they do let their Brothers that do
Reside in Plimouth have the said' lands as they shall be valued
by Indifferent men as also my will is and I do by these presents
Give and bequeath unto my three Grandchildren in Lin the
Children of my daughter Mary Hutchinson deceased to each of
them twenty shillings to be paid unto them out of my Estate

40 Elder Thomas Cushmaris Will and Inventory.

Soone after my decease And I do Constitute and appoint my
Dear and loving wife Mary Cushman to be the sole Executrix
of this my last will and Testament my debts legacies and fu-
nerall charges being first paid my will is that what ever other
Estate is found of mine in Goods Chattels or debts Either in
Plimouth or Else where shall be for y e support of my wife Dur-
ing her naturall life And my will is that what Remains of my sd
estate at my wifes decease the one half I do Give to my Son
Eliaz Cushman and the other half unto my two daughters to
Sarah Hoaks and Lidiah Harlow to be equally divided between
them And my will is And I do by these presents appoint my
two sons Thomas Cushman & Isaac Cushman and Thomas
ffaunce to be y e Supervisors of this my last will and Testament
much confiding in their love and faithfullness to be helpfull to
my Sd Executrix in the acting and disposing of Particulars
according to the tenour thereof thus hoping that this my last
will and Testament will be performed and Kept Revoaking all
other wills either written or verball I have in Witness thereof
Set to my hand and Seal on the 22 d of October 1690
Signed Sealed and declared Thomas Cushman sen r

to be his last will and and a (seal)

Testament In presence
of us Witnesses

James Warren

Thomas ffaunce.

James Warren and Thomas ffaunce the witnesses here
named made oath before the County Court at Plimouth March
y e 16 th : 169J- that they were present and saw the above named
m r Thomas Cushman Signe and Seal and heard him declare the
above written to be his last will and Testament And that to y e
best of their judgment he was of sound mind and memory when
he so did.

Attest Sam 1 Sprague Clerk

[p. 131] An addition to y e last will of Thomas Cushman sen r
which is as followeth Whereas in my last will which was in
sixteene hundred & ninety That I then left out a certain peece
of land undisposed of which was one hundred acres of land lying
in the Township of Plimouth upon a Brooke comonly called
Colchester Brooke on both sides of y e Sd Brooke which I
Reserved to sell for my Support or my wifes after my decease
My will is therefore That my Son Thomas Cushman and my
Son Isaac Cushman shall have the abovesd hundred acres of

Elder Thomas CtisktnatCs Will and Inventory. 41

land to be divided equally beUveen them to them and their
heires and Assigns for ever Provided that they equally shall pay
or cause to be paid ten pounds in currant Silver money to me
abovesaid Thomas Cushman sen r or my wife Mary Cushman
after my decease or after decease to be paid equally to my to
daughters Sarah Hauks and Lidia Harlow Also I the abovesaid
Thomas Cushman do" will and bequeath to my four sons Thomas
Cushman and Isaac Cushman and Elkanah Cushman and Elea-
zer Cushman all my Books equally to be divided among them
onely two small Books to my Daughter Lidiah Harlow And my
best Bible to my loving wife Mary Cushman likewise also I
do Give and bequeath unto my Son Elkanah Cushman one
acre of meadow which was Granted unto me lying at Doteis
meadows.

This Addition is to the last will of me Elder Thomas Cush-
man of Plimouth being now in perfect understanding : Aprill :
1 : 1691

Signed Sealed and delivered Thomas Cushman sen r (seal)

in presence of us witnesses
Jonathan Shaw sen r
Persis Shaw
her P mark

Jonathan Shaw one of y e witnesses here named made oath
before y s County Court at Plimouth March 16 th 169* that he
was Present and saw Elder Thomas Cushman above named
Signe seal & heard him declare the above written Codicil to be
his will, and an addition to his former will And that he y e Sd
Shaw Subscribed to it as a witness and that he saw Persis his
Wife Subscribe with him as a witness alsoe.

Attest Sam 1 Sprague Clerk

March 16 th 169* M 5 * 5 Mary Cushman Relict widdow of Elder
Thomas Cushman late of Plimouth deceased Coming personally
before y e County Court then held at Plimouth did freely ac-
knowledge y« she hath Received fifty two shillings and Six
pence of Isaac Cushman her Son in part of y e five pounds
which y e Sd Isaac is to pay for his part of y e 100 acres of land
at Colchester abovesaid :

Attest Sam 1 Sprague Clerk :

Memorandum that
Persis Shaw y e other witness made oath Before W m Bradford
Esq r Judge of Probate that She also was present and saw and

42 Elder Thomas Citshmaris Will and Inventory.

heard y e within named Elder Cushman Sign Seal & declare this
within written Codicill as an Addition to his Will And that he
was of Sound mind and memory when he did y e Same to the
best of her judgment.
Sep 1 25 th 1 70 1. Attest Sam 1 Sprague Register

[p. 132] An Inventory of the Estate of M r Thomas Cushman
Sen r late of Plimouth deceased taken and apprized by us whose
names are here unto Subscribed on y e 17 th day of Decemb r
1691 :

Imprimis his wearing Apparell both linnen and woollen

Item in Books at

Item in Cash

Item in two Beds and Bedding to them

Item in Pewter and Brass

Item in Iron pots & Kettles hakes & other jron vessels

Item in Tables and Chests and chaires

Item In Cotton & Sheeps wooll & linnen yarn & flax

Item in Saddle Bridie and Pillion

Item in Linnen wheel and old lumber

Item in Iron wedges and Glass Bottels

Item in Cart tacklen

Item in Indian and English Come

Item in Neat Cattell

Item in sheep

Item in Swine

Item in a Loome

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Item in Debts due from y e Estate

Thomas Cushman
Isaac Cushman
Thomas ffaunce.

M re Mary Cushman Relict widdow of Elder Thomas Cush-
man late of Plimouth deceased Made oath before y e County
Court at Plimouth March 16 th 169] that y e above written is a
true Inventory of the Goods and Chattels of her Sd late hus-
band So far as she yet Knoweth and that if more shall be
discovered to her she will make it Known.

Attest Sam 1 Sprague Clericus

Sixth Report of George Ernest Bowman, Secretary. 43

SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF GEORGE ERNEST
BOWMAN, SECRETARY OF THE SOCIETY OF
MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS IN THE COM-
MONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Read at the Sixth Annual Meeting, at Boston, Mass., 21 November,
1901, and Printed by Order of the Society.

In presenting my sixth annual report as Secretary of the
Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, I have thought that a brief review of the
Society's work since it was organized would be of interest and
value, showing what important results can be obtained by doing
thoroughly systematic work in accordance with a carefully de-
veloped plan. We can say without fear of contradiction that
the work which this Massachusetts Society of Mayflower De-
scendants has begun is not only the most ambitious, but the
most important genealogical work ever attempted.

Before describing the special work which we have under-
taken in connection with the publication of The Mayflower
Descendant and the compilation of The Mayflower Genealogies,
I will briefly outline the general history of the Society.

On Saturday afternoon, 28 March, 1896, sixteen of the
thirty ladies and gentlemen whose signatures to the articles of
association I had secured met at the Hotel Vendome in this
city and organized a Society of Mayflower Descendants. We
were able to fill every one of the fifteen offices, something
which no other State Society has been able to do at the date of
its organization.

Our Membership Committee has approved seven hundred
and sixty-nine preliminary applications, and at a meeting of the
lizard of Assistants held this afternoon our six hundred and
ninety-third member was elected. There have been twenty-five
deaths, twenty-seven resignations (the greater number resigning
because they had become charter members of new State Soci-
eties), and fonr members have been dropped from the roll (one
because his line of descent was found to be incorrect, three for
non-payment of annual dues). Our present membership is,
therefore, six hundred and thirty-seven, distributed as follows :
in Massachusetts, 457; New York, 33; Maine, 21; Rhode
Island, 15; Iowa, 12; Michigan, n ; Ohio, n; Calif ornia, 9 ;
Wisconsin, 8; Illinois, 7; New Hampshire, 7; Pennsylvania,

44 Sixth Report of George Ernest Bowman, Secretary.

7 ; Connecticut, 5 ; Colorado, 4 ; Minnesota, 4 ; Maryland, 3 ;
New Jersey, 3 ; District of Columbia, 2 ; Kentucky, 2 ; Mis-
souri, 2 ; Vermont, 2 ; Florida, 1 ; Indiana, 1 ; North Carolina,
I ; Oregon, 1 ; Texas, 1 ; Virginia, 1 ; Hawaii, 1 ; British
Columbia, 1 ; Nova Scotia, 1 ; Russia, 1 ; Switzerland, 2.

We have elected eleven members who were over ninety
years of age. Four of them still survive, Mrs. Nathaniel B.
Hall of Hyannis, Mass., aged ninety-six years, two months,
twenty-two days ; Mrs. Isaac Curtis of Lynn, Mass., aged
ninety-two years, three months, ten days ; Mr. Joshua Delano
of Kingston, Mass., aged ninety-one years, five months, fifteen
days ; Mr. Daniel Cushman of Kingston, Mass., aged ninety-one
years, three months, eleven days.

Mrs. Mary Russell (YVinslow) Bradford of Cambridge,
Mass., sixth in descent from James Chilton and fifth in
descent from Mary (Chilton) YVinslow, was born 9 June, 1793,
was elected on her one hundred and fifth birthday, 9 June,
189S, and deceased 27 August, 1899, at the age of one hundred
and six years, two months and eighteen days.

Mr. Joseph Davis Jones of Boston, seventh in descent from
John Howland, was born 31 December, 1797, was elected 29
August, 189S, and passed away 12 January, 1899, aged one
hundred and one years and twelve days.

The most interesting case of longevity on our records is
that of Mrs. Nathaniel B. Hall and her twin sister Mrs. James
Smith, of Barnstable, seventh in descent from John Howland.
They were born 30 August, 1805, signed their pedigree papers
on their ninety-third birthday, 30 August, 1898, and were
elected three days later. Mrs. Smith died 24 March, 1899,
aged ninety-three years, six months and twenty-five days. Mrs.
Hall, as before stated, is now living at Hyannis.

The ages at death of the other four were as follows : Mr.
David Thomas, ninety-three years, eleven months, six days ;
Mr. Freeman Foster, ninety-three years, nine months, twenty-
six days ; Mrs. Thomas E. Keely, ninety-three years, one month,
fifteen days; Miss Zeruah Soule, ninety-two years, four months,
sixteen days.

From the earliest days of the Society your Secretary has
urged the members who are descended from more than one
Mayflower ancestor to file supplemental papers showing such
descent. No fee is required when supplemental lines of de-
scent are filed, as it is the policy of this Society to encourage in
every possible way search for Mayflower lines.

Every line of descent accepted by this Society, whether

Sixth Report of George Ernest Bowman, Secretary. 45

original or - supplemental, is recorded in The Mayflower De-
scendant, and those who have supplemental claims not yet filed
are again requested to present them as early as possible.
. The 693 members elected have filed 1547 different lines of
descent. Mr. Frederick Alonzo Turner, Jr. is descended from
twenty-two Mayflower passengers. Mrs. Alonzo B. Bray has
twenty different lines of Mayflower descent. She has eight
different lines from Governor Bradford. Mr. Edwin S. Cran-
don has proved descent from ten different Mayflower families.
The first column of figures in the following table shows the
number of members of the Massachusetts Society descended
from each Mayflower passenger. The second column shows
the number of different lines of descent from each passenger
already filed by our members. Every passenger from whom
descent can be proved is represented in the Massachusetts
Society.

John Alden

181

230

Dr. Samuel Fuller

Isaac Allerton

Stephen Hopkins

John Billington

John Howland

133

179

William Bradford

Degory Priest

William Brewster

172

217

Thomas Rogers

Peter Brown

Henry Samson

James Chilton

George Soule

Francis Cooke

Myles Standish

Edward Doty

Richard Warren

158

208

Francis Eaton

William White

Edward Fuller

Edward Winslow

The Society has held twenty-six meetings, including excur-
sions to Plymouth, Duxbury, Kingston and Squantum. It also
gave a dinner at the Samoset House at Plymouth, to the dele-
gates and their friends who attended the first General Congress
in 1897, and a reception at the same place to those present at
the extra session held in 1898.

On 19 October, 1896, when the Society was less than seven
months old, and had but eighty-four members, the office No.
623 Tremont Building, Boston, was leased for the Society's
headquarters. If our work continues to expand as rapidly as it
has done in the past we shall very soon need more room.

Soon after the organization of the Society your Secretary
called attention to the importance of collecting a library, which
should eventually include everything in print relating to the
Pilgrims and their descendants and to the towns comprising
the " Old Colony," also original documents and relics. He at
the same time began to solicit donations for this purpose. As

46 Sixth Report of George Ernest Bowman, Seeretary.

a result we now own 579 bound volumes and pamphlets, of
which 161 are gifts ; 177 old documents, such as deeds, inven-
tories, bills of sale, letters etc., of which 150 are gifts; 142
photographs, of which 69 are gifts ; a high chest of drawers
about 150 years old, our first legacy ; 4 framed engravings and
photographs, all gifts ; and other miscellaneous articles.

In addition to the property just mentioned it was my good
fortune to secure the deposit, in March, 1897, of the Brewster
Book * and, later, of the Fitch Diary f with the Society, for
preservation and publication. The Brewster Book has been
repaired at the expense of the Society and can now be handled
without danger of farther damage.

In June, 1897, a prize of fifty dollars was offered for a
design for a book-plate, and in January, 1898, this was awarded
to Mr. Charles E. Heil of Boston.

Many of our books need rebinding, and the pamphlets
should be bound at once or they will wear out rapidly. A card
catalogue of the library and cabinet is also greatly needed, and
we especially need funds available at short notice for the pur-
chase of rare volumes which are seldom offered for sale.

There are many books and pamphlets which we should own,
and which can be purchased at prices ranging from fifty cents
upward. Your Secretary will be pleased to give their titles to
any one who wishes to present books to our library. All gifts
for any of the purposes mentioned will be acknowledged in The
Mayflower Descendant.

Allow me at this point to call your particular attention to
the chest of drawers already mentioned. This was bequeathed
to the Society by Miss Harriet Lawrence Adams of Boston,
seventh in descent from John Alden, who was elected a mem-
ber 31 December, 1897, and passed away 4 November, 1900.
The chest once belonged to the great grand-parents of Miss
Adams, but not in her line of descent from John Alden. It
was delivered to the Society 12 March, 1901.

Are there not others who would like to remember the
Society when planning the future distribution of their estate,
or who would like to deposit with us for preservation old
documents or relics ? It may be well to remind our members
and friends that the Society's office is located in a modern,
fire-proof building, and that as an additional protection we have,
since February, 1899, owned a very large safe in which there is
still room for many valuable gifts and loans.

On 30 September, 1897, at a special meeting of the Society

* Mfr. Desc, I : 1. t Ibid, I : 36.

Sixth Report of George Ernest Bowman, Seeretaty. 47

held on the spot, Dr. Thomas Bradford Drew of Plymouth,
since deceased, in behalf of descendants of Governor William
Bradford, delivered to your Secretary, for the Massachusetts
Society, a deed of a portion of the estate formerly owned by the
Governor in that part of Plymouth which is now the town of
Kingston. Our Committee on Marking Historic Sites has
since collected from Bradford descendants the necessary funds,
and has placed on the plot, to which has been given the name
"Bradford Meerstead," a handsome bronze tablet suitably in-
scribed and attached to a massive boulder.

On Friday afternoon, 21 November, 1900, at the Central
Church in this city, was held our first Forefathers' Day service
in commemoration of the Landing of the Pilgrims. It has been
decided to make such a memorial service an important feature
of our annual programme.

Before the Society was a year old your Secretary began to
urge the importance of -doing something towards preserving and
making readily accessible the vast amount of genealogical and
historical data buried in the ancient Plymouth Colony records
and in the various town and county records, and in June, 1897,
it was decided to make a beginning by printing a literal tran-
script of the vital records of one of the smaller towns. Before
your Secretary was able to prepare these records for the printer
it occurred to him that a quarterly magazine, published by this
Society and devoted exclusively to Pilgrim genealogy and his-
tory, would meet the needs of a wider range of searchers, since
it would allow of the publication of more varied matter and
enable us to print in installments many different records.
After a careful study of this project he laid the matter before
the Board of Assistants, who considered it for several months
and finally voted to publish such a magazine, choosing your
Secretary as its Editor.

After a long period of careful preparatory work the first
number of "The Mayflower Descendant " was issued on 1 July,
1 899, and was dated January, 1 899, as it seemed best to have
the volumes begin with the calendar year. Owing to the Edi-
tor's continued efforts to supply the demand for genealogies as
well as transcripts of records, he has been unable to bring the
issue up to date, but the amount of material already accumu-
lated warrants the promise that he will do so during the coming
year.

We have already begun in The Mayflower Descendant the
publication of " Francis Cooke and His Descendants " and
" Richard W r arren and His Descendants " ; of literal transcripts

48 Sixth Report of George Ernest Bowman, Secretary.

of the Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories, the Plymouth
Colony Deeds, and the vital records of the towns of Barnstable,
Bridgewater, Dartmouth, Eastham and Orleans, Halifax, Har-
wich, Marshfield, Middleborough, Plymouth, Plympton, Scituate
and Yarmouth ; and have begun abstracts of the Barnstable
County Wills and Inventories.

We have published a literal transcript of every known will
and inventory of a Mayflower passenger, except Governor
Edward Winslow's (which will appear in the fourth volume),
and have begun to publish those of the second generation.

Before "The Mayflower Descendant " was thought of, your
Secretary had begun the compilation, as a personal undertaking,
of "The Mayflower Genealogies," intended to include every
descendant, in all male and female lines, of every Mayflower
passenger, and the data already collected by him was turned
over to the Society when it was decided to publish the maga-
zine.

In the compilation of The Mayflower Genealogies, it is in-
tended to exhaust every available source of information. The
installments already printed show with what thoroughness the
records are being searched for every item about each person
named. Since each one of the twenty-two Mayflower families
settled first at Plymouth, it is evident that, in order to avoid a
great waste of time and money, the compilations of the geneal-
ogies of all these families should be carried on by, or under the
control of, one organization. If each family is taken up inde-
pendently, thousands of pages of original records, already in
many cases very badly worn, must receive an immense amount
of totally unnecessary handling, and the waste of time and
money will be enormous.

In order to avoid going over the same ground many times,
we have begun the indexing of every name found in the Plym-
outh Colony Wills, the Plymouth Colony Deeds and the Pro-
bate and Land Records of Plymouth, Barnstable and Bristol
Counties. We have also been obliged to re -index the twelve
printed volumes of Plymouth Colony Records (adding over
2000 references), the two printed volumes of Plymouth Town
Records (adding over 1100 references) and the printed volume
of Duxbury Town Records (adding 1600 references).

The compilation of the Mayflower Genealogies in the thor-
ough way in which we are carrying on the work will take a long
time and will be very expensive, but it will never have to be
done over again. The progress of this most important work
will be determined by the amount of the receipts for the Colo-

Sixth Report of George Ernest Bowman, Secretary. 49

nial Research Fund. This fund is made up of the fees for
genealogical searches made, and gifts from those interested in
the work. The Committee on Historical Research hopes to
receive in gifts at least $2000 to expend on the genealogies
during the coming year. Unconditional gifts for the general
work are especially desired, but contributions for particular lines
of work will be gratefully received.*

In addition to the indexes mentioned we have collected a
great amount of data about the first four or five generations of
the different families, including hundreds of vital records and
abstracts of wills and deeds not yet published. The use of this
large and constantly increasing accumulation of data in supplying
information to those who are trying to prove Pilgrim descent
has added somewhat to the Colonial Research Fund during the
past year. Those who are thinking of having any search made
in the records of any part of the "Old Colony" are reminded
that every such search made by this Society adds to our
material for future use, while the fees received all go to the
Colonial Research Fund. The Society's work will thus be
helped in two ways at the same time.

One year ago, at the suggestion of your Secretary, it was
voted to set apart each year, from the funds of the Society, the
sum of twenty-five cents for each member at the date of
the annual meeting, to form a Tri-Centennial Publication Fund.
This fund will be allowed to accumulate until 1920, the tri-
centennial anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims, and will
then be used to defray the expense of a memorial volume or
volumes. This Society should at that time be in a position
to publish a series of volumes of Pilgrim genealogy and history
which will be of incalculable value, and it is none too early to
begin to make plans for such a work.

In conclusion I would say that in publishing The Mayflower
Descendant, the first historical magazine to pay for itself from
the start ; and in undertaking the compilation of The Mayflower
Genealogies, the most comprehensive and the most important
genealogical work ever attempted, the Society of Mayflower
Descendants in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has made
a record unequalled by any other patriotic-hereditary society, a
record in which it may justly take the greatest pride ; and it
has accomplished this entirely unaided by any other Society,
the contributions received from persons not members of the
Massachusetts Society having amounted to less than eighty
dollars.

* For a list of the special Funds see Pilgrim Notes and Queries in this issue.

50 The Triennial Congress.

In order that we may continue this great work on which we
have entered and keep it up to the high standard we have set,
the Committee on Historical Research, the Committee on Pub-
lication and the Editor all need your hearty co-operation and
encouragement. Having that, you may rest assured that they
will spare no effort to add to the prestige already acquired.

THE TRIENNIAL CONGRESS HELD SEPTEMBER 15,

*90(X

[Explanatory Note. Justice to the Publication Committee and the Editor
demands a statement of the reasons for the long delay in printing this account.

At the Congress held at Plymouth on Saturday, September 15, 1900, it was
voted that the proceedings of the Congress should be published in full in the
Mayflower Descendant, and sent to every member of the General Society. At
the meeting of the General Board of Assistants, held at New York on February 8,
1901, "It was announced that the Congress had ordered that the minutes of the
Congress be printed in full in the Mayflower Descendant . . . The Secretary
was ordered to furnish the minutes of Congress and *this meeting for that pur-
pose."* On July 24, 1901, more than ten months after the Congress had ordered
the minutes printed, and more than five months after the General Board had
again ordered them furnished, the Secretary General mailed to the Editor the
minutes of the Board meeting, prefacing them as follows : " Print account of
Congress in full, as it appears in the General Book." Said account of the Gen-
eral Congress is not a complete record of the acts of the Congress, as witness the
omission of any reference to the vote ordering the publication of the minutes;
the omission of the names of donors of historic sites, and of other important
matters. Since it has proved impossible to obtain the minutes of the Congress
of 1900 for publication, we have finally decided to reprint (with a number of
corrections) the incomplete account in the General Society's book, together
with a verbatim copy of the Secretary General's report of the meeting of the
General Board of Assistants.]

The Second Triennial Congress was held at Plymouth,
Massachusetts, September 15, 1900. Deputy Governor Gen-
eral Lombard, having been designated to act in the absence
of the Governor General, presided, and the Congress elected
the Historian General as its secretary pro tempore, in the
absence of the Secretary General.

The Rev. Dr. Daniel F. Warren invoked the divine blessing.

The following were appointed a committee on credentials :
Frederick W. Parker, Edwin A. Hill and Howland Davis.
They reported eighty-one delegates present, as follows — New
York: Richard Henry Greene, John Taylor Terry, Howland
Davis, William Milne Grinnell, James LeBaron Willard, Walter
Steuben Carter, John Newel Tilden, John Whittlesey Walton,

* Minutes of the Board meeting near the end of this article.

The Triennial Congress. 5 1

Warren C. Crane, Edward S. Atwood, Linus E. Fuller, Mar-
shall W. Greene, Mrs. Sylvanus Reed, Cyrus F. Paine, Mrs.
Stephen V. C. White, Marguerite T. Doane, Frederick N.
.LeBaron, Mrs. Emma B. Chamberlin, Hamilton B. Tompkins,
Mrs. R. H. Greene, H. K. Bush-Brown, Cassius M. Wicker,
Mrs. Albert H. Pitkin, Mrs. Charles H. Terry, Charles Henry
Wight, Mrs. H. C. Manning, Lewis Deitz, Mrs. F. W. Hopkins,
and Mrs. James M. McKinlay — twenty-nine.

Connecticut : William Waldo Hyde, Charles Dudley War-
ner, Rev. James Gibson Johnson, Percy Coe Eggleston, Nathan
Holt Smith, Edwin A. Hill, Sylvester C. Dunham, Mrs. Cath-
erine A. D. Bramble, Mrs. Frances W. B. Dowries and Lucy
Palmer Butler — ten.

Massachusetts : Myles Standish, M.D., Frederick W. Par-
ker, William T. Davis, Frederick S. Vaill, George C. Night-
ingale, Charles A. Burditt, Edward T. Barker, L. Emery
Holden, Horace H. Soule, Jr., J. Weston Allen, Alfred S.
Johnson, Mrs. Edward T. Barker, Susan Barker Willard, Abby
Louise Allen, Mrs. Nelson V. Titus, Mrs. Charles H. Fisher,
Mrs. Samuel G. Webber, Mrs. John A. Remick, Maria G.
Webber, Sarah S. Webber, Mrs. John F. Gaylord, Mrs. Fred-
erick N. Knapp, Mrs. William S. Kyle, Caroline B. Warren,
Mrs. James E. Sherman and Mary Russell Hodge — twenty-six.

Pennsylvania : Josiah Granville Leach, Ashbel Welch, Mrs.
William H. McCartney, Eben Francis Barker, Lucretia C.
Lennig, Anne Law Hubbell and A. R. Welch — seven.

Illinois: Josiah Lewis Lombard, Mrs. E. W. Blatchford
and Edward Milton Adams — three.

District of Columbia : William Lowrey Marsh, Algernon A.
Aspinwall, Mrs. Preston H. Bailhache, Mrs. William H. Chany
— four. -

Ohio : Herbert Jenney, William Howard Doane and Ida F.
Doane — three.

New Jersey: Rev. Daniel F. Warren, D.D., and Mrs. J. H.
Oglesby — two.

The ^ following officers were elected : Governor General,
Henry E. Rowland ; Deputy Governors General, Charles Dud-
ley Warner*, Connecticut; Winslow Warren, Massachusetts;
Francis Olcott Allen, Pennsylvania; Josiah Lewis Lombard,
Illinois; William Lowrey Marsh, District of Columbia; Her-
bert Jenny, Ohio; Rev. Daniel F. Warren, D.D., New Jersey;
Captain General, Myles Standish, M.D. ; Elder General, Rev.

•Deceased October 20, 1900. Lyman Denison Brewster elected by the Gen-
eral Board of Assistants February 8, 1901.

The Triennial Congress.

Edward Lord Clark, D.D. ; Secretary General, Richard Henry
Greene ; Treasurer General, James Mauran Rhodes ; Historian
General, Rodney Macdonough * ; Surgeon General, Orlando
Brown, M.D. ; Assistants, I lowland Davis, New York; Rev.
Roderick Terry, D.D., New York; William Waldo Hyde, Con-
necticut ; George Ernest Bowman, Massachusetts ; Josiah Gran-
ville Leach, Pennsylvania ; Victor Clifton Alderson, Illinois ;
Harry Weston Van Dyke, District of Columbia.

A committee on constitutional revision was named, con-
sisting of Winslow Warren, William Waldo Hyde, Walter S.
Carter, L. Emery Holden and Walter M. Howland.

The committee to publish the book was discharged, and R.
H. Greene was made chairman of a new committee, with J.
Granville Leach, Prof. Victor C. Alderson, Jeremiah Richards
and Dr. Myles Standish.

Thanks were voted to the donors of historic sites, and
Lorenzo D. Baker, John B. Perry, Warren W r . Small and Mary
J. Perry were appointed committee for Corn Hill, and Lorenzo

D. Baker, William Thomas Davis and Frederick W T esley Parker
for Truro sites.

A committee for the reception Saturday evening at the
Samoset was named, consisting of Marshall W. Greene, Ashbei
Welch, Mrs. Edward T. Barker, Mrs. S. V. W 7 hite and Mrs.

E. G. Chamberlin.

Announcements were made of Brewster and Howland meet-
ings, and the dedication of Bradford boulder and tablet at
Kingston on Monday, the presentation to the Massachusetts
Society to be made by William T. Davis of Plymouth, and
to be received by Richard Henry Greene of New York.

Two services were arranged for the Sabbath : in the after-
noon at Clark's Island, which, on account of the storm, was
held at the Samoset ; in the evening at the Church of the Pil-
grimage, where the principal address was made by Rev. Dr.
James Gibson Johnson — subject : " The Nation's Debt to the
Pilgrims." The pastor, Rev. D. Melancthon James, Dr. War-
ren and Mr. Greene also took part in the service. The choir
was reinforced by delegates under the lead of W. Howard
Doane, composer of the music of the Mayflower Song, which,
with Mrs. Hemans' Hymn and other appropriate selections,
was well rendered.

Pilgrimages were made on the different days of the week
to the Winslow Burying-ground and W 7 ebster House, Marshfield ;
the Alden and Standish houses, cemetery and monument, Dux-

* Elected by the General Board of Assistants, February S, 1901.

The Triennial Congress. 53

bury ; the Howland site at Kingston ; and the many points of
interest in Plymouth.

Minutes of the Board Meeting.

The General Board met at the office Hon. Henry E. How
land, pursuant to call dated January 7, 1901 on February 8th,
1901 at 3 o'clock p. m.

The Governor General in the chair and the following mem-
bers present : Deputy Governors General Hyde, Lombard,
Marsh and Warren of New Jersey ; Treasurer General Rhodes ;
Captain Gen. Standish; Assistants Leach and Terry; and
Sec. Gen. Greene.

The minutes were read and approved.

The Treasurer General made his report which was received
and placed on file.

Mr. Marsh moved that the Secretary General notify each
society which had not paid a charter fee that the same is due.
Seconded and carried.

The form of Charter was exhibited and adopted.

Mr. Leach moved that the form of charter as shown be
approved and adopted, and the Secretary General be directed
to have enough prepared to meet the needs of the society.
Seconded and carried.

Mr. Lombard moved that whenever doubt is thrown upon
the eligibility of any member that the society of which he or she
is a member be advised to require proof to be furnished, and in
default thereof that such member be dropped from the roll.
Seconded and carried.

Rodney Macdonough a member of the Massachusetts So-
ciety was nominated by Dr. Standish, and seconded by Mr.
Greene, for the office of Historian General. He was elected.

Lyman D. Brewster, a member of the Connecticut Society,
was nominated by Mr. Hyde, for Deputy Gov. General in place
of Charles Dudley Warner deceased. Dr. Terry seconded the
nomination, and he was elected.

The matter of assessments for 1899, 1900 and 1901 referred
to the board by the congress; and the cost of publication of
General Book, ordered by the congress and placed in the hands
of a committee by it, was taken up.

Mr. Marsh moved that the Treasurer General be instructed
to credit to the publication fund one dollar per capita for each
society which had paid the assessment levied for 1898 being
one half of said assessment. Seconded and carried.

54 The Triennial Congress.

Mr. Marsh moved that the committee for publication be
authorized to proceed with the work at a cost not to exceed the
sum of four thousand dollars. Seconded and carried.

Mr. Marsh moved that an assessment be levied on each state
society on its full membership as of this day at two dollars per
capita. Seconded and carried.

Mr. Lombard moved that the Congress be called together
next September and a committee be appointed to arrange for
the meeting and select the place. Seconded and carried.

The chair appointed as such committee Messrs. Lombard
and Marsh. On motion the Governor General was added and
made chairman.

It was announced that the Congress had ordered that the
minutes of the congress be printed in full in the Mayflower
Descendant and sent to every member of the society, and that
the General Society should pay to the Massachusetts Society one'
hundred dollars therefor. The Secretary was ordered to furnish
the minutes of congress and of this meeting for that purpose.

An application was read from residents of the State of Wis-
consin filed with the Secretary General Dec. 20, 1900, and
a charter was granted.

An application was read from residents of the State of
Rhode Island, filed with the Secretary General Jan. 14, 1901,
and charter was granted.

An application was read from residents of the State of
Michigan, filed with the Secretary General Feb. 4, 1901, and
charter was granted.

An application was read from residents of the State of
Minnesota, filed with the Secretary General, but some of the
names, though approved by the State Historians were either
awaiting the action of the Historian General or the report of the
membership committees.

On motion duly seconded the matter of granting a charter
to members in the State of Minnesota was left to the Secretary
General with power to issue a charter whenever the application
bears the requisite twenty signatures.
On motion adjourned.

Richd. H. Greene, See. Gen.

Reports from State Societies. 5 5

REPORTS FROM STATE SOCIETIES.

MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY.

The Sixth Annual Meeting and Dinner of the Massachusetts Society
were held at the Hotel Brunswick, Boston, on Thursday afternoon and
evening, November zi, 1901. The Secretary's report was ordered printed
in full in The Mayflower Descendant.

After the dinner addresses were made by Governor Standish, who
presided, by Hon. James M. W. Hall, Professor Wilfred H. Munro,
Professor Albert Bushnell Hart and Mr. J. Henry Sears, and parts of the
Secretary's report were again read in accordance with a vote of the Society
at the afternoon meeting. Congratulatory telegrams were sent to and re-
ceived from the New York, Illinois, Ohio and District of Columbia Soci-
eties.

The following officers were elected for the year 1901-1902 :
Governor, Myles Standish, M.D.

Deputy Governor, Winslow Warren.
Captain, Charles Augustus Hopkins.

Elder, Rev. George Hodges, D.D.

Secretary, George Ernest Bowman.

Treasurer, Marcus Morton.

Historian, Frederick Wesley Parker.

Surgeon, Samuel Jason Mixter, M.D.

Assistants, Morton Dexter, Mrs. Burr Porter, Mrs. William Law-

rie, Henry Southworth Shaw, Sumner Bass Pear-
main, Horace Homer Soule, Jr., Mrs. C. Peter Clark.

On Saturday afternoon, December 21, 1901, the Massachusetts Society
held its Second Annual Forefathers' Day Service, at King's Chapel, Bos-
ton. The Rev. George Hodges, D.D., the Elder of the Society, conducted
the devotional services, and the Rev. Frederick Baylies Allen delivered the
address, which is printed in full in this number.

The following Standing Committees for the year 1 901 -1902 have been
appointed by the Board of Assistants :

Marking Historic Sites : Charles Francis Adams, Gamaliel Bradford,
Rev. Edward L. Clark, D.D., Myles Standish, M.D., Winslow Warren.

Historical Research : John Mason Little, F. Apthorp Foster, Boyl-
ston A. Beat, Rodney Macdonough, George Ernest Bowman.

Publication : Morton Dexter, Winslow Warren, John F. Hill, Fred-
erick w. Parker, George Ernest Bowman.

Library : Theodore S. Lazell, Benjamin F. Stevens, Miss Ellen
Chase, Mrs. J. Payson Bradley, Rev. Edward H. Rudd.

Membership : Mrs. John Holmes Morison, Miss Sarah H. Crocker,
Mrs. Walter M. Farwell, Mrs. Frederic A. Turner, Mrs. Edward T.
Barker.

Finance: L. Loring Brooks, George H. Leonard, Henry D. Forbes,
Joseph H. Goodspeed, Fisher Ames.

Entertainment : J. Weston* Allen, Miss Harriet A. Shaw, Horace H.
Soule, Jr., Mrs. John A. Remick, Ray Greene Huling.

56 Reports from State Societies.

DONATION'S TO THE LIBRARY AND CABINET.

" Richard Warren of the Mayflower and Some of His Descendants/'
from the compiler, Mrs. Washington A. Roebling.

" Records of the Court of Assistants, Colony of Massachusetts Bay,
1 630-1692, Vol. I, 1 673-1 692,*' from John Noble, Esq.

" A Finding List of Genealogies and Local History in the Syracuse
Public Library, Syracuse, N. Y.," from the Library.

" Sprague Family Items," from the compiler, D wight H. Kelton,
LL.D.

Framed Engraving. i; The Departure of the Pilgrims,*' from Mrs.
George Agry, Jr.

'• Supplement to Members and Ascendants of the Massachusetts Soci-
ety of the Colonial Dames of America, 1898-99,'' from Mrs. Francis P.
Sprague.

" History and Genealogy of the Bangs Family in America," from Mr.
J. Henry Sears.

" An Index to Taintor's Colchester (Conn.) Records," from the com-
piler, Mr. James Knox Blish.

" An Address by Rev. Frank T. Bay ley, D.D., to the Society of Colo-
nial Wars in Colorado, October 30, 1901," from the Society.

" Fourteenth Report on Public Records," from Hon. Robert T. Swan.

Members Elected.

October 25, 1901.

682. Mrs. George Herbert Crocker, Fitchburg, eighth from John Alden.

683. Mrs. Alphonso Livingston Gilkey, Portland, Me., seventh from

William Bradford.

684. Mrs. Adams Crocker, Fitchburg, eighth from John Alden.

685. Mrs. Ira Bliss Keith, Lynn, eighth from Stephen Hopkins, seventh

from Gyles Hopkins.

686. Mrs. Frank Melville Breed, Lynn, eighth from John Alden.

687. Mrs. Frank Albert Higgins, Boston, eighth from John Alden.

688. George Edward Barnard, Lynn, eighth from Stephen Hopkins,

seventh from Gyles Hopkins.

November 21, 1901.

689. William Burdick Stevens, Boston, eighth from Richard Warren.

690. Mrs. Theodore Studley Lazell, Boston, ninth from William Brad-

ford.

691. Mrs. Monroe Aver, Boston, sixth from John Howland.

692. Mrs. John Henry Ball. Bridgewater, sixth from John Howland.

693. Rev. Edward Huntting Rudd, Dedham, ninth from William Brews-

ter, eighth from Love Brewster. %

Supplemental Lines Filed.

October, 1901.

ill. Miss Amy W. Alden, tenth from John Billington, ninth from Fran-
cis Billington: ninth from Francis Cooke; tenth from Francis
Cooke; ninth from Francis Eaton, eighth from Samuel Eaton;
ninth from Dr. Samuel Fuller; ninth from George Soule.

208. James M. W. Hall, eighth from Richard Warren.

Reports from State Societies. , 57

679. Daniel Cushman, seventh from John Alden ; seventh from Francis
Cooke : seventh from Stephen Hopkins ; seventh from Myles
Standish.

November, 1901.

571. Mrs. Albert Sauveur, ninth from John Billington, eighth from Fran-
cis Billington ; eighth from Francis Eaton, seventh from Samuel
Eaton; eighth from Dr. Samuel Fuller; eighth from Stephen
Hopkins.

576. Miss Maria S. Daniels, eighth from John Howland : ninth from
John Howland.

591. John A. Daniels, eighth from John Howland.

638. Fisher Ames, sixth from John Alden ; seventh from John Alden ;
eighth from William Brewster, seventh from Love Brewster ;
eighth from James Chilton, seventh from Mary Chilton ; eighth
from Thomas Rogers ; eighth from Richard Warren.

674. Mrs. Henry T. Coe, ninth from John Alden ; ninth from Peter
Brown; ninth from Francis Cooke; ninth from Francis Eaton.

December, 1901.

690. Mrs. Theodore S. Lazell, ninth from John Alden ; tenth from John
Alden; tenth (two lines) from William Brewster; ninth from Love
Brewster; ninth from Stephen Hopkins: tenth from Thomas
Rogers ; ninth from Henry Samson ; ninth from Richard War-
ren.

NEW YORK SOCIETY.

The Seventh Annual Meeting and Dinner were held at Delmonico's,
New York City, on Thursday evening, November 21, 1901. Addresses
were made by Hon. James M. Beck, Rev. James M. Buckley, D.D.,
LL.D., Rev. Henry Elliott Mott, D.D., Hon. John L. McLaur'in, John
Foord and Hon. Lyman D. Brewster. Congratulatory telegrams were
sent to the Massachusetts, Maine and Illinois Societies; and were re-
ceived from the Massachusetts, Ohio, Illinois and District of Columbia
Societies.

The following officers were elected :
Governor, William Winton Goodrich.

Deputy Governor, Rev. Roderick Terry, D.D.
Captain, J. Bayard Backus.

™er, Rev. Daniel Frederick Warren. D.D.

Secretary, Charles Waldo Haskins.

Treasurer, William Lanman Bull.

Historian, Richard Henry Greene.

Surgeon, Gorham Bacon, M.D.

Members Elected.
October 2, 1901.

667. Josephine Ward Swann, Princeton, N. J., seventh from Edward

Winslow.

November 6, 1901.

668. Miss Marie E. Ives, New York, eighth from John Howland.

58 Reports from State Societies.

669. Joseph Baker Bourne, New York, tenth from John Alden.

670. Franklin Whetstone Hopkins, New York, ninth from Stephen Hop-

kins, eighth from Constance Hopkins.

December 4, 1901.

671. William Stowell Mills. Brooklyn, eighth from Edward Fuller,

seventh from Samuel 2 Fuller.

672. Mrs. Loyd Wheaton. Manila, P. I., seventh from William Bradford.

673. Mrs. Herbert Turrell, New York, ninth from John Howland.

CONNECTICUT SOCIETY.

Mr. William M. Stark of New London was elected Secretary, Decem-
ber 16, 1901, to succeed Mr. Nathan H. Smith, resigned.

PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY.

The Annual Meeting was held at the Hotel Stratford, Philadelphia, on

Friday, November 22, 1901. The following officers were elected :

Governor, Charlemagne Tower, Jr.

Deputy Governor, Francis Olcott Allen.

Captain, Charles A. Brinley.

Secretary, George Champlin Mason.

Historian, J. Granville Leach.

Surgeon, Charles Peaslee Turner, M.D.

Assistants, Ashbel Welch, James Crosby Brown, Craige Lippin-

cott, Eben Francis Barker, George E. Bartoi, Wil-
liam H. Castle, Edward Clinton Lee.

Member Elected.

October 2, 1901.

136. Louis Barcroft Runk, Philadelphia, eleventh from Thomas Rogers.

ILLINOIS SOCIETY.

The Annual Banquet was held at Chicago on Thursday evening,
November 21, 1901. Rev. William M. Lawrence delivered an address on
" The Contribution of the Mayiiower Society to the Historic Spirit."' Rt.
Rev. Charles E. Cheney then presented to the retiring Governor, Mr.
Walter Morton Howland, a silver loving cup, appropriately engraved, as
a token of esteem and friendship, from the members of the Society.

The Annual Meeting was held at Chicago, on Friday, November 22,
1 901, and the following officers were elected:
Governor, Dr. James Nevins Hyde.

Deputy Governor, Professor Victor Clifton Alderson.
Elder/ Rt. Rev. Charles Edward Cheney.

Secretary, Mrs. Walter Morton Howland.

Treasurer, Paul Blatchford.

Historian, Theron Royal Woodward.

Captain, Isaac Burrows Snow.

Surgeon, Dr. Harry Cushman Worthington.

Reports from State Societies. 59

Assistants, Miss Cornelia Gray Lunt, Mrs. Nelson C. Gridley,

Mrs. Henry C. Purmort, Mrs. Albert AntisdeL Mrs.
Seymour Morris, John Smith Sargent, Solon Tenney
French.

Members Elected.
November 13, 1901.

86. Louis Brackett Bishop, Chicago, ninth from William Brewster.

87. Isaac Gross Lombard, Chicago, eighth from Stephen Hopkins,

seventh from Constance Hopkins.

88. George McMurtry Ludlow, Chicago, eighth from Edward Doty.

89. Mrs. Charles Albert Ward, Evanston, ninth from John Alden.

OHIO SOCIETY.

The Fourth Annual Meeting was held at Cincinnati, November 21,
1 90 1, and the following officers were elected :
Governor, Herbert Jenney.

Deputy Governor, Mrs. Frank J. Jones.
Captain, William H. Doane.

Elder, Rev. John Hugh Ely.

Secretary, Miss Clara Chipman Newton.

Treasurer, Henry C. Yergason.

Historian, William H. Pabodie.

Surgeon, Dr. Herman J. Groesbeck.

Assistants, Mrs. Frank R. Ellis, Mrs. Henry M. Curtis, Mrs.

George Hoadly, Jr., Mrs. Albert H. Chatfield,
Charles D. Jones, Charles H. Newton.

The following committees have been appointed :

Membership : Mrs. Frank J. Jones, Mrs. Henry M. Curtis, Miss
Ida F. Doane.

Finance: Dr. Herman J. Groesbeck, William H. Doane, Charles
Bartlett

Entertainment and Property : Mrs. Albert H. Chatfield, Miss Fran-
ces L' H. Jones, Mrs. George Hoadly, Jr.

Publication : Charles D. Jones, Edward Wyllys Buell, Mrs. Frank R.
Ellis.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SOCIETY.

Members Elected.
October 8, 1901.

119. William Sherman Washburn, Washington, tenth from Francis

Cooke.

120. Harry Stimson Howard, Burlington, Vt., ninth from Francis Cooke.

November 12, 1901.

.121. Henry Myron Kendall. Washington, eighth from William Brewster.

122. James Fitch Millard, Cleveland, O., seventh from William Bradford.

November 21, 1901.

123. Samuel Mitchell Rainey, Hudson, N. Y., ninth from John Howland.

60 Reports from State Societies.

WISCONSIN SOCIETY.
Members Elected.
November 2, 1901.

32. Mrs. Edward M. Fuller, Madison, eighth from William Bradford.

33. Shirley Fuller, Madison, ninth from William Bradford.

November 29, 1901.

34. Mrs. Robert A. Williams, Milwaukee, eighth from William Bradford.

December 6, 1901.

35. William J. H. Strong, Beloit, eighth from Henry Samson.
December 16, 1901.

36. Mrs. Corwin Dewey Harper, Oshkosh, eighth from Richard Warren.

MICHIGAN SOCIETY.

The First Annual Meeting and Banquet were held at the Russell
House, Detroit, Thursday, November 21, 1901. Addresses were made by
Mrs. Alfred Russell, Mrs. J. E. Emerson, Mrs. W. J. Chittenden. Mrs.
R. H. Fyfe, Mrs. E. B. Gibbs, Rev. L. S. McCollester, Mr. Alfred Russell
and Rev. Charles W. Woodcock.

The following officers were elected : <

Governor, James Dudley Hawks.

Deputy Governor, Paul A. L. Doty.
Secretary, Mrs. Lyman Hayden Baldwin.

Treasurer, Mrs. Austin Yates Ladue.

Assistants, Mrs. H. H. H. Crapo-Smith, Mrs. David D. Cady,

Ralph Stone, Charles Dana Standish.

MAINE SOCIETY.

A charter for a Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of
Maine was granted September 6, 1901, to the following named members :
Archie Lee Talbot, John F. Hill, Hiram L. Pichon, Mrs. Emma Hunting-
ton Nascn, Charles Livingston Cushman, Mrs. Charles Livingston Cush-
man, Philip Foster Turner, Frederick Sturdivant Vaill, Mrs. Charlotte
F. S. Vaill, Henry Nathaniel Fairbanks, Mrs. Henry Nathaniel Fairbanks,
Miss Nora Lucy Fairbanks, Augustus Hatch Babcock, Joseph Parker
Bass, Willis Ellis Parsons, William Cushing Donnell, Miss Martha Cobb
Wight, Miss Annabel Stetson, Miss Julia Cornelia Vaill, Edward Gris-
wold Vaill.

The Society was organized at the Lithgow Library, Augusta, Novem-
ber 21, 1901, and the following officers were elected:
Governor, John* Fremont Hill.

Deputy Governor, Archie Lee Talbot.
Captain, Henry Nathaniel Fairbanks.

Secretary, Frederick Sturdivant Vaill.

Treasurer, Hiram Leander Pishon.

Historian, Philip Foster Turner.

Assistants, Joseph Parker Bass, Willis Ellis Parsons, Mrs. Emma

Huntington Nason, Charles Livingston Cushman,
Miss Annabel Stetson.

Pilgrim Notes and Queries 6 1

PILGRIM NOTES AND QUERIES.

Notes.

The Colonial Research Work. The attention of our readers is
called to the report of the Secretary of the Massachusetts Society, on
pages 43-50 of this number. Since that report was made much has been
accomplished. The work of abstracting the four volumes of Plymouth
Colony Wills and Inventories is nearly completed ; and four of the five
unpublished volumes of Plymouth Colony Deeds have been abstracted.
The indexing of all the names in these abstracts of both Wills and Deeds
is nearly finished, so that we are now able to turn quickly to nearly every
reference to any name in these records.

In 16S5 Plymouth Colony was divided into three counties, Plymouth,
Barnstable and Bristol, each with its separate Probate and Land Registry.
We have begun to abstract and index the records of these three counties,
but the progress of the work is very slow owing to lack of funds to pay
for necessary assistance.

In addition to the re-indexing of printed records and the indexing of
probate and land records, plans have been made for the preparation of a
card catalogue of all persons, /// every generation, whose descent from a
Mayflower passenger we have verified by original records. Each card
will contain a person's name and residence, the date and place of his or
her birth, marriage and death, with the names of parents, husband, or wife,
and children ; also references to the records which prove the facts stated.
We have already proved thousands of descents, many of them heretofore
unknown, and are constantly adding to the number. With such a card
catalogue, when a query as to the possible Mayflower ancestry of a person
is received, it will take but a moment to see if that name appears in the
catalogue. If it is found there, the line (or lines) of Mayflower descent,
with the necessary proofs, can be transcribed very quickly.

The rapid accumulation of data by the Society makes such a catalogue
an immediate necessity, and it will be of incalculable value in the future,
not only in the work of compiling the Mayflower Genealogies, but in our
work of assisting those in search of Mayflower ancestry and in the pre-
paration of supplemental lines.

We have also begun a card catalogue of names and addresses of all
persons now living who claim Mayflower descent. This will be of value
in many ways, and we shall be glad to receive lists of such names from
our readers.

The work which the Massachusetts Society is carrying on benefits not
only its own members, but the members of every other State Society, and
in fact every person having Mayflower ancestry. Several thousands of
dollars have already been expended on this work, and only about four
hundred dollars have been contributed by persons not members of the
Massachusetts Society.

It is to be hoped that others will come forward and assist us to carry
on this great undertaking. In order that contributors may have a more
definite idea of the use to which their gifts are put, sub-divisions of the

62 Pilgrim Notes and Queries.

Colonial Research Fund will be established, the name in each case in-
dicating clearly the purpose of the fund.

The Committee on Historical Research particularly desires unrestricted
gifts for the general research work, but gifts for any one or more of the
special funds can be used to good advantage.

The special sub-divisions of the Colonial Research Fund will be as
follows :

Alden Research Fund, Brewster Research Fund,

Allerton Research Fund. Brown Research Fund,

Billington Research Fund, Chilton Research Fund,

Bradford Research Fund, Cooke Research Fund,

and so on through the list of families : Doty, Eaton, E. Fuller, S. Fuller,
Hopkins, Howland, Priest, Rogers, Samson, Soule, Standish, Warren,
White, Winslow.
Plymouth Colony Index Fund (To complete Plymouth Colony Wills

and Deeds),
Plymouth County Index Fund (County Probate and Land Records),
Barnstable County Index Fund (County Probate Records),
Bristol County Index Fund (County Probate and Land Records).

All contributions should be sent to the Editor, who will return receipts
and acknowledge the gifts in this department, crediting each to the
special fund designated by the donor.

At least $2000 will be needed for the year's work, and a generous and
prompt response to this appeal for funds is greatly to be desired if the
work is to continue as heretofore. Bis dat qui cito dat.

Colonial Research Fund. Contributions to the $2000.00 fund not
heretofore acknowledged: Edwin S. Crandon, $35.00; Amos R. Little,
$25.00; Mrs. Abby H. Banlett, $5.00; James K. Blish, $5.00; Mrs.
Charles R. Brayton, $4.00 : James D. Hawks, $2.00 ; Edward C. Hawks,
$2.00; Mrs. George F. Arnold, $2.00; Mrs. J.Bolton Winpenny, $2.00;
Mrs. George R. Stetson, $2.00; George F. Baker, M.D., $2.00; Charles
A. Clark, $2.00; Frederick C. Seabury, $2.00; Julius E. Soule, $2.00;
Charles J. North, $2.00 : Mrs. Samuel Lapham, $2.00 ; George E. Bartol,
$2.00; Mrs. William W. Karr. 52.00; Mrs. A. T. Freedley, $2.00; Miss
Ann M. Sears, $2.00: Lyman D. Brewster, $2.00; Previously ackowledged
$439.00; Total, $545.00. The Editor has also presented five hundred sets
of Bowman's Ancestral Charts and ten copies of the Freeman Genealogy,
to be sold for the benefit of this fund, in accordance with the extremely
liberal offers in our advertising pages.

Co-operation in Genealogical Research. An illustration of the
way in which both time and money are wasted because of lack of co-oper-
ation and system in genealogical research has recently come to our notice.
A gentleman who was anxious to find the names of some unidentified wives
in his ancestral lines paid for the examination of every page of certain
voluminous records. This Society must eventually have these records
examined again, in the same exhaustive manner. In order to avoid the
necessity of frequent repetitions of such examinations, every name in these
thousands of pages will be indexed as the work progresses.

If we had known in advance that the examination mentioned was to be
made, we could doubdess have arranged to co-operate and by dividing the

Pilgrim Notes and Queries. 63

total cost equitably make the expense to each much less. The saving in
wear and tear of the records themselves would also have been considerable.

Transcripts and Abstracts of Wills of Second and Later
Generations. We have printed a literal transcript of ever}' known will
and inventor)- of a Mayflower passenger, and have begun to do the same
for the second generation wills.

Governor Winslow's will completed the series of known wills of May-
flower passengers.

The series of wills and inventories of the second generation, begun in
volume two, will be continued until all have been printed in full, but their
number is so great it will take several years to complete the series. The
order in which they will be printed will, therefore, be determined by the
wishes of contributors to the Colonial Research Fund.

The wills of the third and succeeding generations are far too numerous
to think of publishing them in full unless descendants are willing to pay the
additional expense involved.

We shall begin in this volume a series of careful abstracts of third
generation wills and inventories, the order in which they will appear to be
determined as in the case of the second generation series.

Contributors to the Colonial Research Fund are invited to indicate to
the Editor, when making remittances, which wills of the second and third
generations they desire to see printed first.

George Soule's Autograph. The Editor has discovered an auto-
graph of George Soule of the Mayflower, written in 1668. He has never
heard of the existence of any other specimen of Soule's handwriting, and
will be very grateful for information concerning others that may be found.
A half-tone reproduction and a literal transcript of the document to which
this and other interesting signatures are attached will be given in the April
number.

The Supply of Back Numbers. We can no longer supply single
copies of July; 1899, (Vol. I, No. 3); July, 1900, (Vol. II, No. 3); October,
1900, (Vol. II, No. 4). The few remaining copies of these numbers will
be reserved to make up sets and bound volumes. Less than fifty complete
sets remain unsold. •

Unidentified Wives and Marriageable Women. Every one
interested in genealogical research knows of many instances in which
nothing is known of an ancestor's wife except her given name. On the
other hand many cases can be pointed out where there is evidence that a
daughter has been married, but the name of her husband is not mentioned,
or where there are daughters of proper age, but no record of their mar-
riage. It is evident that if the records of all unidentified wives named
Hannah, for example, and of all marriageable women of that name, could
be brought together, a careful comparison of the known facts about each
would in many cases result in the identification of many of these wives
and husbands.

In order to facilitate this work of identification the Editor has begun a
card catalogue of Unidentified Wives and Marriageable Women. This
catalogue will be strictly limited to families of Plymouth, Barnstable and
Bristol Counties.

64 Pilgrim Notes and Queries.

Queries.

[Queries are inserted for Subscribers only, and are strictly limited to
Pilgrim lines. Those which can be answered by study of printed records,
genealogies, &^c, cannot be inserted. Answers should be sent to the Editor,
for publication in later issues.']

44. Bradford-Arthur. In the "Descendants of Nathaniel Ely"
it is stated that Rheumah Ely married Bradford Arthur, son of Richard
and Hannah (Bradford) Arthur, that Bradford Arthur was born at Groton,
Conn., 20 September, 1773, and that his mother, Hannah Bradford, was a
great grand-daughter of Governor Bradford. Who were her parents ?
When and where was she born and married ? * * *

45. Bradford-Brewster. In the Norwich, Conn., records is the
following record : " Mr. Seabury Brewster of Norwich and Miss Sally
Bradford of Montville were Married Together on the 25th Day of Decem-
ber A. D. 1785." Wanted: The ancestry, with all dates, of Sally Brad-
ford. * * *

46. Bradford. Who was the wife of Thomas 3 Bradford (William?
Gov. William 1 ) and when were they married? * * *

47. Soule. Wanted : The names, with dates of birth, of the chil-
dren of Nathan Soule, whose marriage, 27 October, 1762, to Sarah Birdsall
is recorded in the Oblong and Nine Partners, N. Y., Friends records.

* * *

Book Note.

The Macdonough-Hackstaff Ancestry. By Rodney Macdonough.
Boston, 1 90 1. Limited edition of 300 copies, printed from type on high
grade paper, wide margins and uncut. Square 8vo. pp. xii -f 526.
Bound in linen. Price 57.50. For sale by the author at 205 Washington
St., Boston, Mass.

One can hardly say too much in praise of the careful work done by Mr.
Macdonough in the preparation of this valuable contribution to the history
of the Macdonough, Hackstaff, Hawxhurst, Pratt, Priest, Shaler and allied
families. Imbued with the true spirit of critical historical research, he has
not been content to accept the statements of others, but has himself con-
sulted the original records, and printed literal transcripts of them in many
cases, giving also full-page reproductions of the documents, or facsimiles of
the signatures. #

Mr. Macdonough's researches have brought to light much valuable
material which will be of especial interest to our readers. His identifica-
tion of John Pratt of Oyster Bay, Long Island, as the son of Phineas Pratt
of Plymouth and Charlestown, Mass., by his wife Mary the daughter of
Degory Priest of the Mayflower, adds hundreds to the number of those
who can claim Mayflower descent. The numerous descendants of Phineas
Pratt will be particularly interested in the half-tone reproduction of his will,
and in the facsimile of his signature.

A portion of the book which will be of especial value to the general
public is the article on the author's grandfather, Commodore Thomas
Macdonough, the hero of Lake Champlain. This article includes a large
part of an autobiography left by the Commodore which has never been
made public.

In addition to the reproductions of documents and autographs the
volume contains numerous other illustrations, many of them full-page ; and
its value is greatly enhanced by a carefully prepared full-name index.

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JOHN DOTY S DEED TO WRESTLING BREWSTER

q-*HE Mayflower

Descendant

VoL IV. APRIL, J902. No. 2.

JOHN 2 DOTY'S DEED TO WRESTLING BREWSTER.

The following deed from John 2 Doty (Edward 1 ) to Wres-
tling 3 Brewster (Love 2 , William 1 ) is copied from the original
document presented to the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower
Descendants by Miss Flora L. Brewster of Kingston, Mass.
This deed is in the handwriting of Rev. Ichabod Wiswall of
Duxbury, and he with his wife Priscilla 3 Pabodie (Elizabeth
Alden/Jolui 1 ) signed it as witnesses. It is probable that when
he began to write the deed he forgot that John Doty's wife had
died three months earlier. This would account for the blank
shown in the illustration where the wife's name would ordinarily
have been inserted.

To all people to whom these presents shall come John Doty
of the Towne of plymouth i(n) the County of New plymouth
within y e province of the Massachusets Baye in New england
yeom(an) Sendeth Greeting &c. Know yee that I John Doty
afore s d with y e consent of (*) for (and) in consideration of sixty
pounds current silver mony in New england payed to me in
hand before y e seali(ng) and delivery of these presents \>y
Wrestling Brewster of the Towne of Duxbury in y e County &
province above named Carpenter wherewith I acknouledge my
selfe fully and truely contented & payed and thereof and of
every part and parcell thereof doe hereby absolutly acquitte &
discharge from me mine Heires exiqutors Adm(ini)strators and
Assignes the s d Brewster his heires executors administrators
&c for ever. I (hav)e given granted bargained sold aliened
enfeoffed and confirmed and by these presents doe fully abso-
lutly and clearly give grant bargaine sell alien enfeoffe and
confirme from me the s d John Doty and my heires unto him the

The name was omitted.

66 John Dotys Deed to Wrestling Brewster.

s( d ) Wrestling Brewster his heires & assignes forever, one
whole Lott of upland being Seaventy acres and five acres of
salt marsh more or less Lying at the foot of s d seaventy acres
of upland both lying and being within the Towneshi(p of) Dux-
bury afore s d . The upland is halfe a mile in Length seventy
rods in breadth and beginning at the meadow {worn) it and the
great Creeke or Bay that runeth to Jones river Bridge is
bounded Southwesterly with y e Land {worn) Wadsworth de-
ceased and North eastwardly with the Land of John Rogers.
The salt meadow being of the s(wom) with the upland lyeth at
the ffoot thereof and thence downe to the salt water of the
afores d Creeke or Bay. with {wom)gu\a.r the privileges and
appurtenances to the said Lands both upland and meadow
belonging or anyway es ap(per)taining (toge)ther with my said
right title and interest therein and to every part there of. To
have and t(o hold) above s d upland and Meadow with all my
right title and Interest in the singular & universall privileges &
Imun(ities) to the same in any wise belonging or yet accrueing
unto the s d Wrestling Brewster his Heires & Assignes for
ev(er) to his and their proper use and behoofe : To be hoiden
according to the maner of East Greenwich in the County of
Kent in the Realme of England, in free and comon soccage and
not in Capite nor by K ts service : the rents and services there-
out due and of right accustomed free and clear and clearly
acquitted off and from all other & fo(rmer) guifts grants bar-
gaines sales Leases mortgadges Joyntures dowries extents uses
entailes and off and from {worn) singular other titles troubles
charges demands and incumbrances whatsoever had made
comitted omitte(d) or done by me the s d John Doty or by my
heires or assignes or any other person or persons whatsoever
L(awfully) claiming from by or under me or them or any of
them. Warranting the title and sale hereof against all per-
sons) whatsoever in by thro or under me the s d John Doty or
by my right or title Lawfully clayming any right title" o(r)
interest of or in the premisses or any part or'parcell thereof
whatsoever : And that the said Wrestling Brewster his heires
and assignes and every of them shall and may by virtue of
these presents from time (to) time and at all times for ever
hereafter Lawfully peaceably and quietly have hold occupie
possess and injoy (all) and singular the before granted prem-
isses with their and every of their rights members and appur-
teinance(s) have receive and take all the rents issues and profits
there of to his and their owne proper use and behoofe, (for)
ever without any Lawfull lett suit trouble deniall interruption

Midd/eborough, Mass., Vital Records. 67

eviction or disturbance of me the s d John D(oty) my heires
or assignes or any other person or persons whatsoever Law-
fully clayming from by or und(er) (him) or them or any of them
or by their meanes act consent title interest privitie or procure-
ment. Allso (zvorn) John Doty doe further covenant and
promise to and with the s d Wrestling Brewster that it shall
an(*d may be) Lawfull to and for the s d Wrestling Brewster
either by himselfe or his Attorney to record and inrolle (or
cause) to be recorded and inrolled the title and l tenure of these
presents in his Ma ties Court in New plymouth (worn) or other-
where according to the usuall order and maner of recording
and inrolling Deeds and evidences in (such) case made and
provided for. And for (the tr)ue performance of the premisses
I the s d John Doty (zvorn) selfe my heires exequtors and
administrators firmly by these presents. In witness whereof
I have h(erunt)o set my hand and seale this 24 th of ffebruary
Anno Domini i6g\ : & Regni Regis Gulielmi & Regina Maria
magna Britania Galia & Hibernia &c. quinto.
Signed Sealed and delivered in the John + Doty

presence of us witnesses underwritten his marke

Ichabod Wisewalle (seal)

Priscilla Wisewall
This Dede was Ackknoleg(ed) Before me John wadsworth being
one of thare Majestis Justises : feberry. 24 i6o,|
This above written Deed of sale is Recorded, in the 236 th and
237 th pages of Plimouth Counties Book of Records for Deeds
&c.
March y e 3 d 169* pr Sam 1 Sprague Recorder

MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS., VITAL RECORDS.

{Continued from Vol. Ill, p. 236.)

[Vol. I, p. 45] Jacob Hayford the son of John hayford : and of Lydia

his wife was born : October : 24 17 15
Samuel Hayford the son of John Hayford and of Lydia his wife was

born: September: 17 1719
John Tayler the son of John Tayler and of Elisabeth his wife was

born June the 14 17 19
Robert Tayler the son of John Tayler and of Elisabeth his wife

was born *

* The date was not filled in.

6S Middlcborough, Mass., Vital Records.

James Labaron the son of James Labaron and of Martha his Wife :

was born : decern 1 ": 22 1721
Jonathan Pierce the son of Thomas Pierce : & of Naomi his Wife

was born March the : 23. 1721/2
Joanna Bate the daughter of Joseph Bate and of Joanna his Wife

was born : May. 28 17 18
Mercy Bate the daughter of Joseph Bate : and of Joanna his Wife

was born august 8 1719
Joseph Bate the son of Joseph Bate and of Joanna his Wife was

born March : 18 172 1/2
Nathan Vaughan the son of Georg Vaughan & of Faithfull his wife

was born Octo 141721
Amasa Tomson the son of Thomas Tomson. & of Mary his wife :

was born april : 18 1722
Jemima Wood the daughter of Elnathan Wood and of Mary his

Wife: was born July 21 17 12
Jedidah Wood the daughter of Elnathan Wood and of Mary his

Wife was born March 27 17 15
Ephraim Wood the son of Elnathan Wood : and of Mary his wife

was born May the : S 1 7 1 6
Mary Wood the daughter of Elnathan Wood and of Mary his wife ^

was born : October 5 17 19
Lydia Wood the daughter of Elnathan W r ood and of Mary his Wife

was born July the 1 1722
Sarah Warren the daughter : of Samuel Warren and of Elinor his

wife was born : February : 9 172 1/2
Jabez Vaughan : Sz : ) sons of Jabez Vaughan : and of Deborah his
Ebenezer Vaughan >" Wife were born Twins : September : the 71722
Jerusha Connant the daughter of Josiah Connant : and of Elisabeth

his Wife was born : January 181701:2
Mary Connant the daughter of Josiah Connant : & of Elisabeth his

wife: was born December 20 1703
Prudence Connant y* daughter of Josiah Connant : & of Elisabeth

his wife was born : March : the 3 1707
Joseph Connant the son of Josiah Connant & of Elisabeth his wife

was born : August the 30 1709
Susanna Connant the daughter of Josiah Connant & of Elisabeth his

wife was born : august the : 7 1 7 1 1
Josiah Connant the son of Josiah Connant : & of Elisabeth his wife

was born January 20 1717 : 18
Timothy Fuller the son of Jonathan Fuller : & of Elinor his Wife

was born June 29 1721
Noah Tinkham the son of Isaac Tinkham & of Abijah his Wife was

born July 25 1722
Thankfull King the daughter of Ichabod King : and of Judith his

Wife Was born November: 4 17 18
Caleb King the son of Ichabod King : and of Judith his Wife was

born October : 3 1720

MiddleborougJi, Mass., Vital Records. 69

Georg King the son of Ichabod King : and of Judith his Wife was

born : May. iS 1722
Martha Tinkham the daughter of Samuel Tinkham Junior & of Mary

his wife was born august 23 1720
Peter Tinkham the son of Samuel Tinkham Jun r . & of Mary his

wife Was born May. 16 : 1722
Thankfull Cob the daughter of James Cob : and of Thankfull his

wife was born June : 4 1722
John Richmond the son of John Richmond and of Sarah his wife

was born April 28 1720
Dorothy Renolds * the daughter of Isaac Renolds and of Dorothy

his wife was born : October 29 1708
Elisabeth Renolds * the daughter of Isaac Renolds & of Dorothy his

wife was born : January. 28 1709 : 10
Mary Renolds * the daughter of Isaac Renolds : & of Dorothy his

wife was born July : 17 : 17 12
Benjamin Renolds * the son of Isaac Renolds & of Dorothy his wife

was born June the 4 17 15
Isaac Renolds * the son of Isaac Renolds and of Dorothy his wife

was born July the : 17 17 21
Israel Thomas the son of William Thomas sen r and of Sarah his

Wife was born January 27 1712 : 13
Betty Thomas the daughter of William Thomas sen r : & of Sarah his

wife was born February 20 17 15 : 16
Ephraim Thomas the son of William Thomas senr : & of Sarah his

Wife: was born Novem r : 8 17 18
Elisha Thomas the son of William Thomas sen r : and of Sarah his

wife was born May the : 11 172 1
Mary Standish the daughter of Ichabod Standish : & of Phebe his

Wife was born January 14 1722 : 3
Hannah Tinkham the daughter of John Tinkham : & of Hannah his

wife was born April : 10 1723
Daniel Taylor the son of John Taylor by Elisabeth his wife was

born December : 17 1720

[P- 47] Cornelius Wescoat y e son of James and Mary Wescoat his

Wife was Born y e 4 th Day of February Anno Dom. 1729-30
Joannah Wescoat y e Daughter of James and Mary Wescoat his Wife

was Born The 29 th : Day of Augst Anno domi 173 1
Richard Wescoat y e son of James and Mary Wescoat his Wife was

Born Augst y e 14 th Anno Domini 1732
James Wescoat y e son of James and Mary Wescoat his Wife was

Born y e 4 th Day of February Anno domini 173I
Joseph Cobb The son of Gershom and Meletiah Cob his Wife was

born y« 23 d Day of January Anno Domi 1735/6
Ebenezer Donham the son of Lemuel Donham by Elizabeth his wife

was born January y e : 4 th : 1737/8

* Compare the record of this family printed in Vol. Ill, p. 236.

70 Middleborough, Mass., Vital Records.

Sarah Miller the Daughter of Elias Miller by Sarah his wife was

born December the : 23 rd : 1734 :
Elias Miller the son of Elias Miller by Sarah his wife was born

January the : 7 th : 1737/8
Mary Samson and ) Daughters of Obadiah Samson by Mary his wife
Martha Samson ) were born Twins November : 18 th : 1737
Zephaniah Wood the son of Thomas Wood by Hannah his wife was

born April the : 12 th : 1737
Jacob Tomson the son of Jacob Tomson by Elizabeth his wife was

born March: 28 th : 1738:
Joshua Raymond the son of James Raymond by Elizabeth his wife

was born March the : 19 th : 1735/6
Ithamar Raymond the son of James Raymond by Elizabeth his wife

was born June the 21 st 1737
Joshua Waterman the son of Joseph Waterman by Patience his wife

was born March the : 16 th : 1737/8
James Hayford the son of Ebenezer Hayford by Mary his wife was

born March the : 10 th : 1734/5
Mary Hayford the Daughter of Ebenezer Hayford by Mary his wife

was born May the : 4* : 1 737
Samuel Barrows the son of Ebenezer Barrows by Sarah his wife was

born April the : 4 th : 173S
Francis Gayward the son of Francis Gayward by Anna his wife was

born August the 23 rd 173S
William Barlow the son of William Barlow by Joanna his wife was *

born July 12 th : 173S
William Barrows the son of Samuel Barrows Jun r by Susanna his

wife was born June the : 16 : 1738 :
Benjamin Tucker the son of Benjamin Tucker by Sarah his wife

was born July the : 7 th : 1738

[P- 53] Middleboro : after lawfull publication

John Tinkham and Hannah Howland both of Middleboro were mar-
ried december the n 17 16

James Rayment and mercy Tinkham both of Middleboro were mar-
ried december 27 : 17 16

Nehemiah Washburn of Bridgwater and Mary Elmes of Middleboro
were Married december the 27 : 17 16

Moses Seekens of Middleboro: 6c Damaris Thrasher of Taunton
were married November 7 17 17

Isaac Tinkham and Abijah Wood both of Middleborough : were
married : Decern : 12: 1 7 1 7

Henry Wood and Mary Tinkham both of Middleboro were married
December : 24 17 17

John Vaughan and Jerusha Wood both of Middleboro were Married
February 19 17}^

Samuel Tinkham and Patience Cob both of Middleboro were mar-
ried February 20 17}?

Middleborough, Mass. y Vital Records. Ji

Abiel Wood Jun r : & Mercy Hacket both of Middleboro : were

Married February 25 1 7 { f
Edward Bumpas of Rochester : & Martha Rayment of Middleboro :

were married Febryary 28 17 If
James Cob and Thankful! Thomas both of Middleboro were mar-
ried March 6 i-j\$
Josiah Hascol & Sarah Kanady : both of Middleboro were Married

March : 26 : 17 18
Isaac Thayer & Deliverance Parlour : both of Middleboro : were

married March 27 17 18
Richard Everson of Plimton : & Penelepe Bumpas of middleboro

were married : March 31 17 18
Joseph Williams of Rochester & Margaret Darling of Middleboro

were married May 6 17 18
David Thomas of Middleboro & Elisabeth Kannady of Plimton were

married June 25 17 18 pr me Peter Thacher
December the: 11 : 17 18 Then Nathanael Smith of Rehoboth and

Susanna Wood of Middleboro after due publication : were mar-
ried by me Peter Thacher
December: 12: 17 18: Then marryed Jeremiah Thomas Jun r : and

Miriam Thomas both of the town of middleboro : after their

being Lawfully published by me Peter Thacher
March : 26 : 17 19 : Then Marryed John Fuller and Hannah Thomas

both of the town of Middleboro : After lawfull publication :

Peter Thacher
Samuel Tinkham Junior and Mary Staples both of the town of mid-
dleboro were married December the first: 17 19 : by me Peter

Thacher
Eleazer Carver and Katherine Elmes both of middleboro. were

married Decern : 2 : 17 19 by me Peter Thacher
January: iyff : Then Marryed Jabez Wood and Hannah Nelson

both of the Town of Middleborough : after Lawfull publication

and consent of parents by Peter Thacher
January: 1: 172 . Then married Ebenezer Donham of Plimouth :

and Abigail Smith of Middleborough : after lawfull publication

and consent of parents by me Peter Thacher
January • (*) : 1720 . Then married John Darling and Jemima Lewes

both of the town of Middleboro : after lawful! publication and

consent of parents by me Peter Thacher

[p. 54] February: 4* : 17}}: Then Married Richard Whitaker of
Rehoboth and Ann Wood of Middleborough after lawfull publi-
cation attested from each town by me Peter Thacher

April: 29: 1720 then Married M r Jeremiah Thomas of Middle-
boro : and Mary Durfe of Freetown : after lawfull publication
well attested from each town by me Peter Thacher

* The day of the month was not filled in.

72 Middleborough, Mass., Vital Records.

July : ii : 1720 : then : married Edward Thomas Jun r : and Abigail
Parlour both of the town of Middleborough after lawfull publi-
cation and consent of parents by me Peter Thacher

July: 20: 1720: Peter Norton Pedlar: and Rozilla Randal of Mid-
dleborough were married by me the subscriber after lawfull
publication Peter Thacher

Capt Joseph Vaughan and M rs Mercy Fuller both of Middleborough :
were married December the: 2 nd : 1720 by me Peter Thacher

December the 23 d : 1720 then Robert Mackfun and Joanna Tink-
ham both of Middleborough after lawfull publication : were
married by me Peter Thacher

May the 4 th : 172 1 Then Nehemiah Bennet & Mercy Tomson both
of the town of Middleborough : after Law r full publication were
married by me Peter Thacher

June 22: 1721 : William Thomas Jun r : & Hannah Turner: both
of Middleborough after lawfull publication : were married by me
Peter Thacher

October : 5 th : 172 1 : Cornelius Holmes of Plimton and Lydia Bennet
of Middleborough : were Married : after Lawfull publication :
by me : Peter Thacher

October: 12 : 172 1 : John Cox and Hannah Smith both of Middle-
borough : after Lawfull publication were married by me Peter
Thacner

October: 17: 172 1. John Darling and Elisabeth Bennet both of
Middleborough after lawfull publication were married by me
' Peter Thacher

Samuel Packard Jun r : and Anne Leach : both of the town of Bridg-
water : were Married July the third: 1722: by me Jacob
Tomson Justice of the peace

Sept: 6: 1722 Thomas Parlour and Hannah King both of Middle-
borough after legal publication and with consent of Parents were
married by Peter Thacher

Joseph Faunce and Martha Soul both of Middleborough : were mar-
ried February the 14 th 172J: by me Jacob Tomson Justice
of the peace

James Barret and Mary Wormall both of the town of Bridgwater :
were marryed September the : 5 : 1723 : by me Jacob Tomson
Justice of the peace

Josiah Wormall and Grace Sprague both of the town of Duxborough
Were Married: December the Twenty Fifth 1723: by me
Jacob Tomson Justice of the peace

October: 24: 1723 John Tomson and Elisabeth Thomas both of
Middleborough after lawfull publication and consent of parents :
were married : by me Peter Thacher

[p. 55] October 29 1723 Thomas Wastcoat of Dighton : and Hannah
Renolds of Middleborough were married by me Peter Thacher

Middleborough, Mass., Vital Records. 73

November 23 d : 1723 Moses Standish of plymton : and Rachel Cob
of middleborough after Lawfull publication and consent of
parents : were married : by me Peter Thacher

November 27 1723: Jonathan Packard of Bridgwater: and Abigail
Tomson of middleborough : after Lawfull publication : and con-
sent of parents : were married by me Peter Thacher

November 30: 1723 Frances Moro : and Mary Morse both of
Middleborough after lawfull publication were married by me
Peter Thacher

January 13 172^ George Hacket and Lydia Thomas both of Middle-
borough after lawfull publication : and consent of parents were
married by me Peter Thacher

March: 12 172^ Jedidiah Thomas and Lois Nelson both of Middle-
borough after lawfull publication and consent of parents : were
married : by me Peter Thacher

Jonathan Inglee and Deborah Morton of Middleborough were Mar-
ried upon the 27 th day of February*: 1723/4: by me Samuel
Prince Justice of the peace

Aaron Seekins and Lydia Hayford : both of the town of Middle-
borough Were Marry ed January the 12 1724: 5 by me Jacob
Tomson Justice of the peace

John Pratt and Hannah Turner both of the town of Middleborough
were Married February the : 18 th 172^ : by me : Jacob Tomson
Justice of the peace

November 18 1724: Joseph Bennet Jun r and Thankfull Sprout:
both of middleborough after lawfull publication and consent of
parents were married P r Peter Thacher

January 17 17 2 j Japheth Turner and Elisabeth Morse both of mid-
dleborough after lawfull publication and Consent of parents :
were married : P r Peter Thacher

March 26 : 1725 Samuel Leach of Bridgwater and- Content Barden
of middleborough after lawfull publication were married by
Peter Thacher

June 8: 1725 -: Jonathan Smith and Sarah Churchill both of Mid-
dleborough were then married P r Peter Thacher

John Cob Junior and Mary Connant : both of the town of Middle-
borough were married August the: 26 1725: by me: Jacob
Tomson Justice of the peace

Timothy Mitchell and Deborah Packard both of the town of Bridg-
water: were married: December the second: 1725: by me
Jacob Tomson Justice of the peace

William Ripley and Hannah Bosworth both of the town of plimton
Were Married February the : 24 th : 1725 : by me Jacob Tomson
Justice of the peace

[p. 56] Deacon Ebenezer Tinkham Deceased april the: 8 th : 17 18:
In the 70 year of his age

74 Middleborough, Mass., Vital Records.

Elisabeth Tinkham the wife of Deacon Ebenezer Tinkham Deceased

april the : 8 th : 1 718 In the (*) year of her age
Elisabeth Tinkham the Daughter of Deacon Ebenezer Tinkham

decesed March 27 th : 17 15 In the (*) year of her age
Jeremiah Tinkham the son of Deacon Ebenezer Tinkham Deceased

april the : 5 th : 17 15 In the : 34 th : year of his age
priscilla Tinkham the daughter of Deacon Ebenezer Tinkham De-
ceased April the : 16 : 17 15 In the (*) year of her age
Patience Tinkham the Wife of Ebenezer Tinkham Junior Deceased

March the : 29 : 17 18 In the 37 th year of her age
Hannah Hacket the Wife of Edward Hacket deceased May the

ninth 17 15
Samuel Wood senior Deceased: February the third 17^7- : In the

70 th year of his age
Rebeckah Wood Widdow of Samuel Wood Senior Deceased Feb-
ruary the : 10 17 ji In the 67 th year of her age
Rebekah Vaughan the wife of Georg Vaughan deceased February

the: 1: i 7 {|
Frances Barrows the son of Samuel Barrows deceased : March : 17 :

i7|f in the 5 th year of his ag(e)
Mercy Barrows the wife of Samuel Barrows deceased: March 25:

17 18 in the 44 th year of her age
Thomas Palmer : Eldest son of Doctour Thomas Palmer and of

Elisabeth his Wife Deceased July the 18 th 17 19: In the 20 th ,

year of his age
Sarah Palmer Daughter of Doctor Thomas Palmer and of Elisabeth

his Wife Deceased Sept : the first 17 19 : In the second year of

her age
Zurishaddai Palmer the son of Doctor Thomas Palmer and of Elisa-
beth his wife Deceased October the 18 th 17 19 : In the 18 th year

of his age
Anna Lovel the Daughter of James Lovel Deceased Sept the Sixth :

1719
Desire Howland the daughter of Nathan Howland : and of Frances

his wife Deceased March the. (f) : 17^ : in the fifth year of her

age
Esther Wood the daughter of Henry Wood and of Mary his wife

Deceased May the: 9 th : 1721 : aged three months and nine

dayes
Peter Lovel the son of John Lovel and of Mary his Wife : Deceased

April the 4 th : 1724 In the ninteenth year of his age
Samuel Eaton Deceased: March the 8 th ': 1723: 4: In the sixty

first year of his age
Susanna Smith the wife of Jonathan Smith : Deceased May the :

11 : 1724 In the thirtieth year of her age
Mary Reed the daughter of James Reed. Deceased July the 17 th :

1724 : In the twenty seventh year of her age

* The age was not filled in. \ The day of the month was not filled in.

Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories. 75

John Hacket the son of John Hacket Deceased : May the 31 st 17 12 :

aged 44 dayes
Joanna Cob the Wife of John Cob Junior Deceased November the

Eleventh 1724 In the thirty second year of her age
Elisha Vaughan Deceased: May the: 23 d : 1724: In the 44 th year

of his age
Thomas Vaughan the son of Elisha Vaughan Deceased March 20 th

i"l\% In the sixth year of his age
Joseph Vaughan the son of Capt Joseph Vaughan Deceased april the

5 th 17 iS In the 28 th year of his age
Thankfull Hacket the daughter of John Hacket : deceased Febr : 5 :

172I : aged Ten days

{To be continued.)

PLYMOUTH COLONY WILLS AND INVENTORIES.

{Continued from Vol. I J T, p age 223.)

[Vol. I, fol. 40] M r Willm Kempe 1641

Lres of Administracon are graunted to m ris Elizabeth Kempe
the second of November in the xvii th yeare of the Raigne of our
Sov r aigne Lord Charles King of England &c. to administer
upon all the goods cattells and Debts w ch Willm Kemp her
husband Dyed possessed of or were Due & app r taineing unto
him at the tyme of his Decease prvided she exhibite a true
Inventory thereof \v th all convenyent speede.

A true Inventory of all the goods and Chattells moveable of m r
Willm Kemp of Duxborrow late Deceased taken by us whose
names are hereunto sett at the request of m re Elizabeth Kemp
this 23 th Septemb r in the yeare of o r Lord God 1641.

In the Inner Chamber
npris i feather bed and two pillowes
t 3 white blanketts
t i blew Ru££
t 4 yerds of white fusteon
t i pillow case
t 2 remnants of Canvas
t i remnant of white fusteon
t i remnant of girth web & 4 buckles
t 3 paire of traces & a new Rope w th some small ropes

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It 4 Iron boxes for cart wheeles & 4 new Iron hoopes

for wheels
It i latin water pot for a garden
It i paire of garden sheares
It 2 iron washers & 5 iron clouts new & 2 new plow

slips
It 2 horse locks & keeyes
It 2 nibbs and i ring for a sythe
It 2 paire of hinges
It 12 harrow teeth
It 20 Iron staples & 3 iron bolts
It i bill hooke and 5 old sickles
It i iron acar staff
It 2 padlocks «Sc i stock lock
It i iron baile for a kettle
It certaine peecs of old iron
It i pitch fork pronges
It i red basill

It 3 q r of a yard of buckrome
It i smale curtaine & a prceil of fring
It Curtaine Ringes & sadlers nayles

It a prceil of Twine

It i new shooe

It quarries of glasse

It i spitt

It i horse bitt a crupper & i bridle Reane

It 2 joyned stooies

It 3 smale Remnants of new cloth

It i bushell of wheate brann

It 3 barrells 2 rirkins 2 hogsheads & a half barrell

It 2 earthern potts

It 2 sheets of leade

It 3 cases for guns of list w th other 'lumber

In the Kitchen Chamber.
It i flock bedd and two boulsters
It 2 white blanketts & i old greene Rugg
It 5 smale peecs of bend leather & 2 shoomaker knives
It i small pursnett & 2 lines
It i red basill
It a prceil of C d nayles
It i weyer sieve
It i smale bagg of feathers
It i sieve

It i prceil of unthrest beanes
It i paire of old sheets
It i hogshead &: a shtife

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It i thwart sawe

It i old tapstry carpett

It 2 eathern old oyle potts

It i paire of new hempen sheets

It vi paire of couse thinn sheets

It certaine lumber

It i -great boxe

In the parlor
It i paire of bras brandirons
It i belt and hangers
It i Dagger
It i rapier staffe
It i girdle w th silv r buckles
It 10 silver spoones
It i jugg pott tipt w th silv r
It i cup tipt w th silver
It i gould ringe
It 6 thrum queshions
It 2 old Darnix queshions

[fol. 41] It i framed table

It 4 joyned stooles and 2 joyned chaires

It i old brodred stoole

It i great chest

It i smale chest

It i trunck covered w th seale skins

It 2 smale old Truncks

It i Cabbanett

It 2 old boxes

It i case of bottles

It 2 brushes

It i new hatt

It 4 hattbands

It 4 old hatts

It a remnant silk, bone lace

It glew and an old black boxe

It 5 paire of flaxen sheets i paire of new hempen

It 2 duzzen of fine napkins & 2 table cloathes

It i sheete

It 5 holland pillow coats

It 2 duzzen of Course napkins

It 3 paire of old pillow coates

It 7 course towells

It 3 course table cloathes

It i hand towell *

It i remnant of holland

It 2 short table cloaths

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It 2 yerds of white fusteon

It i wrought holland cubberd cloth

It i leather hat case

It i half holland shirt «Sc i holland shirt

It 6 shirts

It 7 holland handkerchiefs

It io capps

It 13 bands

It 3 handkercheiffs

It 3 smale pillowes

It i paire of linnen bootehose i fusteon wascoate &

remnant canvas
It i rubbing brush
It nutmeggs
It ginger
It cloves

It a remnant of fine holland i yerd of bone lace
It i spining wheele
It 3 irish stockings

It 3 paire of woilen stockings
It 5 blew curtaines and valler.ee
It i u of gray threed
It i buffe coate
It i cloake
It i greene Curtaine
It i leather Dublet w th siiv r buttons
It i paire of gloves
It i paire of breeches and a Dubiett
It i frize jerkine
It i black suite and gerdle
It i black cloake
It 3 horsmans coats
It i boulster tick

It 116 bunches of threed buttons
It i darnix carpett
It i remnant of broad cloth
It i long coate
It i dublet & i Casock
It 2 yerds of saye
It 6 yerds \ tarnmey
It 2 remnants of stuff
It i feather pillow-
It 2 greene valiens
It i paire of linnen drawers
It bookes and paper

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Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories.

In the outlett Inner Roome
It 3 blanketts
It i flockbed & boulster
It i chaire & i tubb
It 5 earthen panns i butter pott

In the Cellor
It i hogshead & 3 firkins

In the wash house.
It 3 cheese fatt i soyle dish
It 2 latten pans & 2 earthen potts
It i stone pott i earthen pott
It 2 dossen trenchers
It 2 payles i wodden platter i traye
It i melting ladle

It i iron pott 2 paire of pott hookes
It i iron dripping pann
It i iron kettle

[fol. 42] In the kitchen

It i Corslett and headpeece

It 2 paire of bandiliers

It i case of pistolls

It i paire of Wollen sheares

It 2 swordes

It 2 Carbines

It i fowling piece

It i half pike & a rest

It i jack and 3 spitts

It 2 paire of bootes

It i trowell

It i bread grater

It 2 leaden waights

It i lanthorne

It i halbert

It i warmeing pann & i gaily pott

It 9 platters and a voyder

It 8 pewter dishes 2 basons i Cullender

It 6 great porringes

It 2 pye plates 2 smale plates

It 3 chamber potts

It 4 candlesticks

It i bason

It i pint pott & a peuter pottle

It i ewer

It 4 sawcers 3 salts 4 porringers i tinn copper

It 2 smale plattes i quart pott

It 2 plate cov r ings i stewpan 2 tinn candlesticks

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It i flaggon oo . 02 .00

It 2 bras candlesticks & i bras ladle 00 . 04 . 00

It chaffeing dish i scummer i little morter 00 . 09 . 00

It i bras skellet & i posnett 00 . 05 . 06

It 3 bras panns 01 . 00 . 00

It i great bras kettle 01 . 00 . 00

It i little kettle 00 . 05 . 00

It i old bras pott 00 . 12 . 00

It stone jugg i leather bottle \ a pike 00 . 02 . 06

It 12 trenchers 00 . 00 . 06

It i salt 00 . 05 : 00

It i smothing iron 00 . 01 .06

It i slick stone 2 mackrell lines i melting ladle 00 . 02 . 00

It i frying pann 00 . 02 . 00

It i paire of towe cards 00 . 01 .00

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It 3 mattocks 00 . 06 . 00

It 6 hoes 3 axes 00 . 10 . 00

It 4 wedges 00 . 03 . 00

It i iron shovell 00 . 03 . 00

It i lampe 00 . 00 . c6

It fire pan tonges and Andiron 00 . 04 . 00

It i paire of bellowes 00 . 01 .00

It 2 paire of pott hangers 00 . 06 .00

It an adze 2 frowes i hammer 00 . 05 .^00

It i gouge 2 chissells i drawing knifle 00 . 03 % oo
It i handsaw i hatchett a little grafting saw i pr shott

moulds and i paire pinchers 00 . 06 .00

It 2 augors i perser 00 . 01 .06

It i bagg w th bulietts pouder home & moulds 00 . 02 . 00

It i shott bagg 00 . 00 .02

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Without Doores.

It i grindlestone 00 . 04 . 00

It hempe and seede undressed. 00 . 10 . 00

It garden stuffe 00 . 05 . 00

It 2 Cocks of hey 02 . 00 . 00

It 2 ladders 00 . 04 . 00

It 2 chest of glasse 00 . 15 .00

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In the Cow house

It 5 goate skins 00 . or . 00

It i seane nett 00 . 05 . 00

In the barne

It \ Steele Mill 00 . 10 . 00

It sampe morter 00 . 02 . 00

It i bushell 00 . 03 . 00

Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories.

It i sack cloth and 2 sacks

It a copper \v th a wodden Curbe

It 2 hogsheads 2 barrells

It 4 pitchforks & 2 rakes

It glasse leade

It 12-T thrane of Rye

It 1 2. thrane of sumer wheate

It peas

It 4 bushell Indian Come

It 2 steare Calves

It 2 yeareling heiffers

It i yeareling heiifer

It 2 yearling steers

It i sow shoate & a barrow shoate

It 2 oxen 4 yers old

[fol. 43] It 6 ewe goates

It 4 ewe lambes

It i weather 2 yeres old

It 4 yereling weathers

It 2 yoakes & two cheanes

At m r Partich house
It i fowling peece
It i smale old fowleing peece
It i sieve
It i boxe
It i boxe
It i cradle

It i hanging bedstead
It 2 cowes & i diseased
It i heiffer 2 yere old
It i steare 2 yere old
It i Coult
It 6 hoggs
It i hojro:
It i Cannow
It i fann
It -i weane rope
It i peck w th pitch in it
It Indian Corne 1000 hills old & new esteemed 50

bushell
It i stillyerd
It i still
It i Hutchell
It i bell
It i shallop

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82 Plymouth Coloriy Deeds.

It i ewe lambe
It 8 foules
It a rake head

This Inventorv- was subscribed by W m Collyer
his was but, 169 15. 5 : Jonathan Brewster

tot 172. 9. 5. Christopher Waddesworth

Comfort Starr.

more debts oweintr to him and what he owed verte

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VYiilm Kemp at his death

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It by m r William Collier

It by Captaine Standish

It by m r Alden

It by Christopher Waddesworth

Corne & i bushel! of Rye
It by Nicholas Robins
It by Willm Brett
It by John Willis
It by Joseph Biddle

Debts oweing by m r Kemp at his Death
It to m r Atwood 5 bushell of Indian corne i bushell of wheate
It to m r Hanberry 16 bushell of Indian Corne
It to m r Partrich 4 bushell of Indian Corne & 2 bush wheate & i

bushell of Rye & 3 s 2 d in money
It to John Hill of Boston x bushell of Indian Corne

This Inventor}- was exhibited upon the Oath of m r:s Elizabeth
Kemp at the Court held the rift of Aprill in the xviii th yeare of the
now Raigne of o r Sov r aigne Lord Charles King of England &c before
Willm Bradford gent Gov r Edward Winslow Thomas Prence Willm
Collyer & Miles Standish gent Assistants &c

( To be continued.)

PLYMOUTH COLONY DEEDS.

{Continued from p. jy.)

[Vol. II, Pt. I, p.. 84]

^ The 4 th of October 1653
Memorand : That Edward Tilson of the Towne of Plymouth

Ply mo nt Ji Colony Deeds. 83

Doth acknowlidge that for and in consideracon of the summe
of ten shillings pr annum to bee paied unto him in currant
comoditie of the Countrey to bee paied att his house att Plym-
outh aforsaid by Thomas Byrd of Scittuate hee hath sett and
to farme lett unto the said Thomas Byrd forty acres of upland
ground lying att the North river in the liberties of Scittuate
aforsaid ; lying next the land of the said Thomas Byrd and
Thomas Rawlins which said land the said Thomas Byrd is to
have on the tearmes aforsaid the tearme of seaven yeare
unles the said Edward Tilson either himselfe or any from by
or under him shall make use of it at any time within the said
tearme of seaven yeares if soe then the said Thomas Byrd is
to surrender it againe ; And alsoe the said Edward Tilson re-
serveth unto himselfe the mersh land belonging unto the said
upland (zvom)\y The said Thomas Byrd is to have the after
pasture therof and whatsoever charge the said Thomas Byrd
shalbee att in Breaking up of the said land incase hee shall not
bee satisfyed by the use of the land it shalbee put to reference
of two Indifferent men ; and what they shall Determine in the
p r mises shalbee prformed

[p. 85. The first deed on this page, Myles Standish to Thomas
Willett, we printed in Vol. II, p. 127.]

The 3 d of November 1653
Memorand ; That capt : Thomas Willett of the towne of
Plymouth in the Jurisdiction of new Plymouth in new Eng-
land in america Doth acknowlidge that for and in consideration
of the full summe of twenty eight pounds to him alreddy paied
by m r John Browne of the Towne of Rehoboth in the Jurisdic-
tion aforsaid Jent : hee hath freely and absolutely barganed
allianated and sold enfeofed and confeirmed ; and by these
p r sents Doth bargane sell enfeof e and conf eirme unto the said
m r John Browne all that his prte and proprietie of land which
hee lately bought of Experience Michell which Did before the
said sale belonge unto him as purchaser att Sowamsett Mat-
tapoisett & places adiacent both upland and meddow with all
and singulare the appurtenances privilidges and emunities be-
longing therunto or to any prte or prcell therof ; To have and
to hold the said prte and portion and proprietie of land both
upland and meddow att Sowamsett Mattapoisett and places
adiacent with all and singulare the appurtenances privilidges
and emunities belonging therunto or to any prte or prcell
therof; To the said m r John Browne his heires and assignes
for ever; the said p r mises with all and singulare the appur-

84 Plymouth Colony Deeds,

tenances belonging therunto to appertaine unto the onely
proper use and behoofe of him the said m r John Browne his
heires and assignes for ever

Thomas Willett ;

The 3 d of November 1653
Memorand : That I John Browne abovemencioned Doe assigne
give and bequeath unto my two sonnes viz John Browne and
James Browne all my right title and enterest which I have into
a prcell or tracts of land which this p r sent Day I have bought
of my sonneinlaw capt : Thomas Willett lying att Sowam-
sett Mattapoisett and places adiacent both upland and med-
dow with all and singulare the appurtenances privilidges and
emunities belonging therunto or unto any prte or prcell therof ;
To have and to hold the said land bought of my soninlaw
aforsaid both upland and meddow att Sowamsett Mattapoisett
and places adiacent ; which was formerly the propriety and
portion belonging to Experience Michell as purchaser in the
said places unto my said two sonnes videlecet John Browne
and James Browne theire heires and assignes for ever ; the said
p r mises with all and singulare the appurtenances privilidges and
emunities belonging therunto or unto any prte or prcell therof
with all and singulare my right title and enterest into the same
I Doe heerby freely and absolutly give and make over unto my
said two sonnes John Browne and James Browne unto them
and theire heires and assignes for ever ;

John Browne

[p. 87] 1653 Bradford Gov r

A Comission appointed to bee recorded

To all her Ma ties of Swedens Governors captaines and
subiectes of what ranke and sort whatsoever ;

fforasmuch as Lawrance Cornelius one of her Ma tles of
Swedens subiects, in New Sweden is Desirus with himselfe
and companie and barque or sloope upon this coast of america
to trad and traffacke peacably with such as are in alliance with
the Crowne of Sweden ; this his Desire I found to bee reason-
able and have given him therfore Comission under my hand
and seale ; I Doe therfore Desire and entreat all Comaunders
governors or prsons of what quallitie soever they may bee that
are in alliance with the Crowne of Sweden aforsaid that they
will carry respectively and frindly to him and his companie and
suffer him quietly to pase and repase and to Doe his busines
quietly without molestacon and to shew him all the favor and

Plymouth Colony Deeds. 85

frindshipp they may ; And wee Doe engage ourselves to Doe
the like unto theires as occation shall p r sent ;

Dated in New Sweden John Prince

in the fortt Christina Gov r

the first of October 1653 his (seale)

Wheras by an order of court wee were appointed to view
certaine Lands lyinge over against Road Hand and to lay them
forth by such bounds as wee saw meet, if wee found them not
to bee p r judiciall to any And wee haveing Dilligently viewed
the same Doe Determine the bounds to bee from the valley att
the uttermost south point of the mersh of Punkatest neare the
Indian fortt eight miles up into* the countrey ; Easterly from
the end of the eight mile to range northerly unto the great
river that cometh from Taunton unto Road Hand ; the salt
water betwixt Road Hand and the mayne to bee the westerly
bounds And if any of the lands formerly graunted unto the
old comers or purchasers shall extend so fare as to fall within
any prte of these lines then soe much to bee added or made
good uppon the Northerly prte of the bounds upon the river
that cometh from Taunton ; soe as the whole quantitie of these
bounds shalbee to the vallue and quantity of eight mile Square
and these lands to belonge unto such as are now the Inhabitants
of the towne of Plymouth ;

Dated the 26th of June 1653 Myles Standish

John Browne

[p. 89] 1653 Bradford Gov r

Wheras Divers yeares sence there was a greivance that our
Pastor M r Charles Chauncy was troubled withall which hee
expressed to our church and bretheren of Scittuate ; the occa-
tion wherof was this that our Pastor prceived that contrary to
his expectation som prsons amongst us questioned his enterest
and proprietie in his now Dwelling house att Scittuate with the
outhouses and grounds belonging to it ; These are to Testify
to all men whom these p r sents may conserne that wee Richard
Sillis and Thomas Ensigne being then Deacons of the said
church of Scittuate were sent with the consent of M r hatherley
and all the rest of the bretheren assembled then together to
consult about the said greivance of our Pastor and the redresse
of it ; with this message ; to our Pastor m r Charles Chauncy ;
to this effect that the said church of Scittuate Did emediately
and freely bestow upon him the said m r Charles Chauncy the
said Dwelling house outhouses and lands appertaining therunto

86 Plymouth Colony Deeds.

bought by m r Timothy hatherley of m r Willam Varssall with
the addition of another building made att the churches cost ;
And this wee Tistify of our owne best knowlidge and remem-
brance ;

This above written was Testifyed upon oath by Richard
Sillis and Thomas Ensigne the third Day of October 1653

before us Thomas Prence

Myles Standish
John Browne

The sixt of December 1653
Memorand ; That Leiftenant Perigrine White of the towne
of marshfeild in the Jurisdiction of new Plymouth in New
England in america Doth acknowlidge that for and in con-
sideration of the full summe of forty pounds to him in hand
payed by capt : Thomas Willett of the Towne of Plymouth in
the Jurisdiction aforsaid wherwith hee Doth acknowlidge him-
selfe Satisfyed contented and fully payed ; hee hath freely and
absolutly barganed allianated and sold enfeofed and confeirmed
and by these Doeth bargane sell enfeofe and confeirme unto
the said capt : Willett all that his prte and proprietie of land
which as Purchaser or old comer ; belongeth unto him att So-
wamsett Mattapoisett and places adiacent both upland and med-
dow with all and singulare the appurtenances privilidges and
emunities belonging unto the same ; as alsoe the said Leif-
tenant White is to Defray all charges ariseing by the Indian
purchase of the said p r mises ; To have and to hold his said prte
portion and proprietie of land both upland and meddow which
as purchaser or old comer belongeth unto him att Sowamsett
Mattapoisett and places adiacent with all and singulare the
appurtenances privilidges and emunities belonging therunto or
to any prte or prcell therof unto the said captaine Thomas
Willett his heires and assignes forever ; The said p r mises with
all and singulare the appurtenances therunto belonging to
appertaine unto the onely proper use and behoofe of him the
said capt : Willett his heires and assignes for ever ; and alsoe
the said Leiftenant White heerby covenanteth that his brother
Resolved White shall give his (worn) and full consent unto
the sale of the abovesaid premi(ses)

This sale was acknowlidged before capt : Standish asistant ;
the Day and yeare above written ;

( To be continued.}

Phincas Pratt of Plymouth and Charlcstown. 87

PHINEAS PRATT OF PLYMOUTH AND
CHARLESTOWN-

{Reprinted, with additions, from " The Macdo>wzigh-Hackstaff Ancestry"}
By Rodney Macdonough.

The opening up of a new country and the planting of
settlements therein are usually due to commercial enterprise
and activity ; occasionally to political or religious expediency.

New England furnishes no exception to the general rule,
and these influences will supply a raison d'etre for each of the
early settlements within her borders. Commercial enterprise,
the foundation of the colonization idea, was the strongest of the
three forces and naturally found expression in the establishment
of numerous plantations dedicated to trade and barter. Among
the earliest of these was Wessagusset, a neighbor of Plymouth.
It is not the purpose of the writer to enter into the details of
the settlement and subsequent history of Wessagusset, but
to give what facts are known concerning one who was inti-
mately connected with that plantation and later with Plymouth
and Charlestown, Phineas Pratt.

The following brief account of the coming of Phineas and
his early experiences here shows the hardships, the dangers
and the sufferings undergone by those who sought new homes
in a new country, and a recital of these happenings, in whatever
form presented, can hardly fail to interest his descendants both
because of a feeling of kinship and because of the attendant
circumstances of time and place. Phineas himself has left us,
in his " Declaration," a most interesting account of the affairs
of the early settlers and his own experiences. The writer has
quoted freely from this invaluable document, printed in the
Massachusetts Historical Society Collections (Fourth Series,
IV, 476), and the quotations will be readily recognized.

Phineas was one of a small party sent by Thomas Weston, a
London merchant, and a Mr. Beachamp, in the Sparrow to
prepare the way for the settlement of a new colony.* This
party consisted of but six or seven persons. Bradford says
seven. f WinslOw says six or seven. % Phineas says " we
being but 10 men," referring to the initial trip of the Sparrow's

* Bradford's History (London, 1S96), 72. f Ibid., 72, 78.

X Winslow's "Good Newes from New England" (London, 1624), n.

88 PJiincas Pratt of Plymouth and Charlestoivn.

boat to Plymouth, but this number no doubt included the Mas-
ter's Mate and two or three seamen of the Sparrow, thus leav-
ing six or seven in Weston's party. It is certain that others of
the Sparrow's crew besides the Master's Mate accompanied the
settlers on this trip to take back the boat, for Winslow says
the party " brought no more prouision for the present than
serued the Boats gang for their returne to the ship."* Some
sixty more men were to follow this party later.

The Sparrow sailed for Massachusetts Bay, " but wanting a
pilote," writes Phineas, " we Ariued att Damoralls Cove. The
men y t belong to y e ship, ther fishing, had newly set up a may
pole & weare very mery. We maed hast to prepare a boat fit
for costing. Then said Mr. Rodgers, Master of our ship,

* heare ar Many ships & at Munhigin, but no man y* does
vndertake to be yo r pilate ; for they say y t an Indian Caled
Rumhigin vndertook to pilot a boat to Plimoth, but thay all
lost tha r Lives.' Then said Mr. Gibbs, Mast 1 ^ Mate of our ship,

* I will venter my Line wth y u \' At this Time of our dis-
couery, we first Ariued att Sm it he's Hands, first soe Caled by
Capt. Smith, att the Time of his discouery of New Eingland,
.... fterwards Caled Hands of Sholes ; ffrom thence to Cape
Ann .... so Caled by Capt Mason ; • from thence to y e
Mathechusits Bay. Ther we continued 4 or 5 days. Then we
pseaued, y* on the south part of the Bay, weare fewest of the
natives of the Cuntry Dwelling ther. We thought best to be-
gine our plantation, but fearing A great Company of Salvages^
we being but 10 men, thought it best to see if our friends weare
Living at Plimoth. Then sayling Along the Cost, not knowing
the harber, thay shot of a peece of Ardinance, and at our com-
ing Ashore, they entertaned ys wth 3 vally of shotts."

Phineas and his party reached Plymouth the last of May,
1622. The month is given by Bradford and the context shows
the year. He says : — " But about y e later end of may, they
spied a boat at sea (which at first they thought had beene some
french-man) but it proued a shalop which came from a ship
which M r Weston, & an other, had set out a fishing, at a place
called Damarins-coue .40. leagues to y e eastward of them ; wher
were y* year many more ships come a fishing. This boat
brought .7. passengers ; and some letters, but no uitails, nor
any hope of any."f Bradford does not mention the name of
the vessel to which the shallop belonged, but this omission is
supplied by Winslow, who writes : — " This Boat proued to be a

* Winslow's "Good Xcwes from New England" (London, 1624), n.
t Bradford's History ( Ixiiidon, 1S96), 72.

Phineas Pratt of Plymouth and CJiarlcstown. 89

shallop that belonged to a fishing ship, called the Sparrow, set
forth by Master TJiomas Weston, late Merchant and Citizen of
London, which brought six or seuen passengers at his charge,
that should before haue beene landed at our Plantation, who
also brought no more prouision for the present than serued
the Boats gang for their returne to the ship."*

'The Plymouth colonists being greatly in need of provisions
at this time, the men of the Sparrow accompanied some of them
to the fishing fleet at the Damariscove Islands to procure what
food the ships could spare. Their friends " did what they could
freely " and the party returned to Plymouth with such neces-
saries as the fleet could spare from its scanty store.

It has been thought that after this expedition Phineas and
his companions returned from Plymouth to the Sparrow
and there awaited the coming of the rest of Weston's com-
pany.! The writer does not agree with this view. Phineas
himself is silent on this point, merely saying, " At this Time, on
or two of them went wth vs in our vesill to y e place of ffishing
to bye vicktuals." Weston plainly expected them to stay at
Plymouth until the rest of the party came, for in a letter to
Governor Carver delivered by the Sparrow party on their
arrival he says : — " . . . we haue sent this ship, and these
pasengers on our owne accounte. Whom we desire you will
frendly entertaine, & supply with shuch necesaries as you cane
spare, and they wante &c. . . . To y e end our desire may be
effected, which I assure my selfe will be also for your good we
pray you giue them entertainmente in your houses y s time they
shall be with you. That they may lose no time, but may
presently goe in hand to fell trees, & cleaue them, to y e end
lading may be ready and our ship stay not. "J Bradford
says : — ", . . they tooke compassion of those .7. men. Which
this ship {which fished to y eastward) had kept till planting
time was oner, and so could set no corne. And allso wanting
vitals, (for y e y turned them off w th out any) and indeed wanted
for them selues) neither was their salt-pan come, so as y e >' could
not performe any of those things which M r # Weston, had ap-
pointed ; and might haue starued if y e plantation had not suc-
coured them, who in their wants, gaue them as good as any of
their owne."§ The expression "y e y turned them off," used
by Bradford in connection with their leaving the Sparrow, con-
tains the implication that they were not expected to return.

* Winslow's "Good Newes," 11.

t Phineas Pratt and Some of His Descendants, 19.

X Bradford's History, 72, 73. § Ibid., 75.

90 Phineas Pratt of Plymouth and Charlestoivn.

In a passage already quoted Winslow says the party brought
no more provisions than would suffice for the return of the
boat's "gang" to the ship,* thus also indicating that the boat's
crew were expected to return, but not the settlers. But the
most conclusive evidence we have that Phineas and his com-
panions returned to Plymouth with the party who went to the
fishing fleet for provisions and there (at Plymouth) awaited
the coming of the Charity and the Swan is Bradford's state-
ment when he writes, referring to the reception of Weston's 60
colonists by those vessels : — "So as they had receiued his
former company of .7. men and vitailed them as their owne
hitherto, so they also receiued these (being abonte .60. lusty
men) and gaue housing for them selues, and their goods, and
many being sicke they had y e best means y e place could aford
them ; . . . "f But one interpretation can be placed upon the
words " vitailed them as their owne hitherto " and that is that
Phineas and his companions had been offered, and had accepted,
the hospitality of the Plymouth men after leaving the Sparrow
and that they were living in Plymouth at the time of the arrival
of the rest of the party in the Chanty and the Swan.

*' In the end of Iune, or beginning of Iuly, came into our
harbour two ships of Master Westerns aforesaid, the one called the
Charitie, the other the Swan, hauing in them some fifty or sixty
men sent ouer at his owne charge to plant for him."$ There
is a discrepancy of about a month between the date of the
arrival of these vessels as given by Winslow and the date given
by Phineas. The latter says : — "8 or 9 weeks after this, t©
of our ships Arived att Plimoth." By "this" he refers either
to the time of the arrival of his party at Plymouth in the latter
part of May, 1622, or to the subsequent trip to the fishing
fleet for provisions. In either case "8 or 9 weeks after"
would bring the Charity and Swan to Plymouth the end of July
or the first of August, 1622.

Shortly after the arrival of these two vessels Weston's men
began the settlement of Wcssagusset. The leading man was
Richard Greene, a brother-in-law of Weston. He died, how-
ever, on a subsequent visit to Plymouth and was succeeded
by John Sanders. For a time all went well. The Wessagusset
settlers, however, had never experienced the rigors of a New
England winter and consequently made little or no preparation
against the severe winter months. Levett says in his " Voyage
into New England": — "they neither applyed themselues to
planting of corne nor taking of fish, more than for their present

» " Good Newes," 11. t Bradford's History, 78, 79. J " Good Xewes," 13.

P hinc as Pratt of Plymouth and Charlcstozvn. 91

use, but went about to built Castles in the Aire, and making;
of Forts, neglecting the plentifull time of fishing. When Win-
ter came their forts would not keepe out hunger, and they
hauing no provision beforehand, and wanting both powder and
shot to kill Deare and Fowle, many were starued to death,
and the rest hardly escaped. There are foure of his men
which escaped, now at my plantation, who haue related unto
me the whole businesse."*

As the season advanced the situation of the settlers became
perilous in the extreme. Provisions ran short and many of
them actually died of starvation. Their loss in numbers, want
of food and isolated position placed them completely in the
power of the natives. Late in 1622 (old style) the Indians
formed a plan to cut off the English both at Wessagusset and
Plymouth on the same day. Phineas, then about 30 years old,
learning of the intended massacre, resolved to warn the settlers
at Plymouth and ask their assistance. No one being willing
to accompany him, he determined to go alone.

Waiting for a favorable opportunity, he said good-bye to his
friends and with considerable difficulty eluded the vigilance of
the Indians and set out alone on his perilous undertaking. The
Indians, learning of his escape, pursued him, but without
success.

" I Run Southward tell 3 of ye Clock, but the snow being in many places.
I was the more distresed becaus of my ffoot steps. The sonn being be-
clouded, I wandered, not knowing my way ; but att the Goeing down of
the sonn, it apeared Red ; then hearing a great howling of wolfs, I came
to a River : the water being depe & cold & many Rocks, I pased through
w* much adoe. Then was I in great distres — ffant for want of flood,
weary with Running, ffearing to make a frier because of y m y l pshued me.
Then I came to a depe dell or hole, ther being much wood falen into
it. Then I said in my thoughts, this is God's providence that heare I may-
make a fier. Then haveing maed a tier, the stars began to a pear and I
saw Ursa Magor & the .... pole yet fearing .... beclouded. The
day following I began to trafell . . . . . but being unable, I went back to

the tier the day ffal sonn shined & about three of the

clock I came to that part . . . Plimoth bay wher ther is a Town of Later
Time .... Duxbery. Then passing by the water on my left hand . . .
cam to a brock & ther was a path. Haveing but a short Time to Con-
sider .... ffearing to goe beyond the plantation, I kept Running in the
path ; then passing through James Ryuer I said in my thoughts, now am
I as a deare Chased ... the wolfs. If I perish, what will be the Con-
dish. ... of distresed Einglish men. Then finding a peec of a . . . I
took it up & Caried it in my hand. Then finding a . . of a Jurkin, I
Caried them under my arme. Then said I in my ... . God hath giuen
me these two tookens for my Comfort; yt now he will giue me my live for
a pray. Then Running down a hill J . .' . an Einglish man Coming in the

•Baxter's "Christopher Levett, of York," 125, 126.

92 Phincas Pratt of Plymouth and Charlcstozvn.

path before me. Then I sat doTV-n on a tree & Rising up to salute him
said, • Mr. Hamdin, I am Glad to see you aliue.' He said ' I am Glad &
full of wonder to see you aliue : lett us sitt downe, I see you are weary.' '*

Bradford says, referring to Phineas' dangerous undertak-
ing : — "In y e meane time, came one of them from y e Massa-
chucts with a small pack at his back, and though he knew not
a foote of y e way yet he got safe hither, but lost his way, which
was well for him for he was pursued, and so was mist. He
tould them hear, how all things stood amongst them, and that
he durst stay no longer, he apprehended they (by what he
obserued) would be all knokt in y e head shortly."* " This
mans name" writes Nathaniel Morton, "was Phinehas Pratt,
who hath penned the particular of his perilous Journey, and
some other tilings relating to this Tragedy ."f

Phineas reached Plymouth on March 24, 1622/3. The
minor dates are given by Winslow and the context gives the
year. Rewrites: — "The three and twentith of March being
now come, which is a yeerely Court-day, . . . we came to this
conclusion, That Captaine Standish should take so many men
as he thought sufficient to make his party good against all the
Indians in the JMassachuset-bay ; . . . but on the next day
before hee could goe, came one of M r . Westons Company by
land vnto vs, with his packe at his backe, who made a pitiful!
narration of their lamentable and weake estate. "i

Two or three days after his coming, according to Phineas,
and the next day (March 25, 162 3), § according to Winslow,
Captain Myles Standish and his party started on the expedition
which resulted in inflicting on the Indians the doom they had
in store for the English and in saving the remnant of the
Wessagusset colony.

It was evidently not Phineas' intention to part from his
own company entirely, for when he arrived at Plymouth after
his difficult and dangerous journey, he only asked that "hee
might there remaine till things were better settled at the other
plantation." § After Myles Standish rescued the Wessagusset
party from their perilous position and relieved their immediate
necessities, a majority of them decided to abandon the settle-
ment and make their way home, while some of them chose to
return with Standish and join the Plymouth colony. "Now
were M r . Westons people resolued to leaue their Plantation and
goe for Munhiggen, hoping to get passage and returne with

* Bradford's History, 94.

t "New England's Memorial " (Boston, 1721), 57.

\ " Good Newes," 37, 38. § ibid., 39.

Phineas Pratt of Plymouth and Charlcstown. 93

the fishing ships. . . . Some of them disliked the choyce
of the body to goe to Munhiggen, and therfore desiring to goe
with him to Plimoutfi, he tooke them into the shallop : and
seeing them set sayle and cleere of the Massachusct bay, he
tooke leaue and returned to Plhuoitt/i, . . ."■*

As soon as he was physically able, Phineas rejoined his
company at Piscataqua. Those of the Wessagusset colony
who returned to Plymouth with Standish had no doubt told
Phineas of the plan of the majority of the party to return to
England, if they could, by way of Monhegan Island, and it is
quite possible that he, too, went to Piscataqua in the hope of
securing passage home in one of the fishing fleet. But what-
ever his plan may have been, he did not return to England
and we find him a little later engaged in skirmishes with the
Indians at Dorchester and at Agawam (Ipswich), but he does
not tell us what took him to those places. "Three times we
fought with them " he says in his petition to the General Court
in 1668, referring to the encounters with the Indians at Wessa-
gusset, Dorchester and Agawam.

"In the latter end of Iuly and the beginning of August,"!
1623, according to Winslow, the Anne and the Little James
arrived at Plymouth. Some time between their arrival and
the beginning of 1624 (old style) there was a division of land
at Plymouth among the passengers of the Mayflower, Fortune
and Anne on the basis of one acre to each person for seven
years' continual use.t This division must have been after
August 14, 1623, for William Bradford's wife, Alice Bradford,
shared therein, and they were married on that date. It was
probably made late in 1623 (old style), very likely in March,
just before the April planting of 1624. Phineas is put down
among the Anne's passengers and was assigned one acre. He
must, therefore, have returned to Plymouth prior to the division
and settled there.

As to why he shared in the division at all, not being a
passenger by either the Mayflower, Fortune or Anne — it is
very likely that when he returned to Plymouth and expressed
a desire to remain there he was received as an inhabitant and
permitted to share in the subsequent allotment of land. Joshua
Pratt, with whom he is associated in the list of the Anne's pas-
sengers, is not known to have been related to him.

As an inhabitant of Plymouth Phineas' name occurs fre-
quently in the colony records during his residence there and
* " Good Newes/' 44, 45. t Ibid., 5:.
t Mayflower Descendant, 1 : 227-230.

94 Phineas Pratt of PlymoutJi arid Charlestown.

after he went to Charlestown. The following extracts are from
the original records except in one or two cases which are in-
dicated. It appears that he was a joiner, and he so calls him-
self in various deeds and in his will.

1623. Mentioned in a list which follows " The fales of
their grounds which came over in the shipe called the Anne
according as their were cast. 1623." *

This was the division of land among the passengers of the
Mayflower, Fortune and Anne made probably in March, 1623
(old style). The probable reason why Phineas was included
in this division has already been mentioned.

1627, May 22. Assigned to Francis Cooke's company in
the division of cattle.

"To this lot fell the least of the 4 black Heyfers Came in
the Jacob and two shee goats." 7

1627. Appears on a list of "The Names of the Pur-
chasers" of Plymouth. [Court Orders, II: 244]

1633. Mentioned in a list of "The Names of the ffreemen
of the Incorporacon of Plymoth in New England An: 1633."
{Court Orders, I : 1]

1633, March 25. Taxed nine shillings. [Court Orders,
I: 9]

1633, October 28. "Phineas Pratt referred to further
hearing at the same time about the goods of Godbert God-
bcrtson & Zara his wife." [Court Orders, 1:35]

1633, November 11. "At this Court Phineas Prat ap-
pointed to take into his possession all the goods & chattels of
Godbert Godbertson & Zarah his wife & safely to preserue
them according to an Inventory presented upon oath to be
true & just by m r Joh Done & m r Steph. Hopkins." [Court
Orders, I: 37]

Godbert Godbertson was the stepfather of Mary Priest
(daughter of Degory Priest) whom Phineas married.

i633/4> January 2. Taxed nine shillings. [Court Orders,
I: 6l)

1633/4, March 10. "Whereas Phineas Prat joyner in the
behalfe of Marah his wife is possessed of thirty Acres of land
neer unto the high Cliffe the said Phineas & Marah haue
exchanged the fee simple thereof w th m r Thomas Prence for
other thirty Acres of land at Wynslows stand and next adjoyn-
ing to an other portion of land belonging to the said Phineas :
But whereas there is a brooke w th in the said thirty acres thus

* Mayflower Descendant, 1 : 230. f Ibid., 1 : 149.

P June as Pratt of Plymouth and Cliarlestown. 95

exchanged & acknowledged by mutuall consent whereat John
Come Gent may freely make use of, It is granted to him his
hcires or assignes provided he so make use of the said water
as the said phineas be not annoyed thereby, but cither by con-
venient inclosure at the Cost of the said Joh. or otherwise shall
saue harmeles the said phin. & his heires from any detrr or
annoyance that shall or may befall them the said Phines &
Marah their heires & assignees] " [Court Orders, 1:57]

1635/6, March 2. "At the same Court, A Jury of twelue
being impaniled and charged in the moneth of ffebr foregoing
to enquire after the death of John Deacon in the behaife of
our Soveraigne Lord the king, gaue in their verdict as followeth
in their owne words and under their hands, viz*

" Having searched the dead body we finde not any blowes
or wounds or any other bodily hurt. We finde that bodily
weakenes caused by long fasting & wearines by going to &
fro w th extream cold of the season were the causes of his death.

"Their names were John Jenny John Cooke Will Basset
Joseph Rogers William Hoskins, Thomas Cushman George
Partridge Stephen Tracy Abraham Peirce Richard Cluffe Tho.
Clarke Phineas Pratt." [Court Orders, I : 87]

1635/6, March 14. "At a generall meeting the 14 th of
March concerning- the hey grownds for Plymoth & Duxbur-
rough " it was ordered "That Phineas Pratt haue between ffr
Billington and his owne howse." [Court Orders, I : S3, 89]

1636, November 7. "At the same time Tristram Clarke
appointed to haue eight Acres of land fowr in breadth & two
in length on the south side a porcon allotted formerly to m r
John Coornbe between Phineas Pratt & widow Billington."
[Court Orders, I : 96]

1636/7, January 14. " Januar 14 th 1636 There is graunted
this day by the Court of Assistants to James Skiffe Tenn acres
of lands lying next vnto the lands graunted to Thirston Clarke
(five in length & two in breadth) betweene the lands of Phineas
Pratt & widdow Billington five acres whereof are part of those
lands due vnto him for his service Donn to m r Isaack Olerton
and thother fiue acres are in the right of Peter Talbott for
service by Indenture prformed to Edward Doty." [Court
Orders, 1 : 98]

1 636/7, March 7. His name appears in a list of Plymouth
freemen. [Court Orders, 1 : 104]

1636/7, March 20. There is assigned "To Phineas Pratt
and m r Coomes the hey ground they had the last yeare."
[Court Orders, 1 : 1 10]

g6 Phincas Pratt of Plymouth and Charles town.

1637, July 12. Edward Dotey sells to Richard Derby his
property at the "high Cliffe" purchased of Joshua Pratt,
Phineas Pratt and John Shaw. [Plym. Col. Deeds, XII : 20]

1637, October 2. Is a juryman at the meeting of the
General Court. [Plym. Col. Judicial Acts, 3]

1640, June 1. Granted five acres of land.* ["Court Orders,
I: 236]

1640, August 3. " fforasmuch as it appeareth by the
testymony of Josuah Pratt & otherwise that The two acrees
of vpland lying at Wellingsly brook on the north side of the
lotts giuen Godbert Godbertson, were giuen by the said God-
bert Godbertson to John Combe gent & Phineas Pratt in
marriage w th their wiues his Daughters The Court Doth con-
tinue the said two acrees vnto the said John Combe & Phineas
Pratt their heires and assignes for eu r ." [Court Orders,
I: 241]

1640, August 5. "Memorand the fift day of August 1640
That John Combe gent and Phineas Pratt joyner Do acknowl-
edg that for and in consideracon of the sum of three pounds
sterl to them in hand payd by John Barnes of new Plymouth
haue freely and absolutely bargained and sould vnto the said
John Barnes his heires & Assignes all those two acrees of
vpland w ch they had of Goodbert Godbertson in marryage w th
their wiues lyinge on the North side next to the Towneward
of that parcel! of vpland at Wellingsley brooke w ch fell to him
by lott in the first Diuisions, and all their right title and in-
terrest of and into the said two acrees of vpland w th all and
singuler thapp r tences thereto belonging To haue & to hold the
said two acrees of vpland w th all and singuler their app r tences
vnto the said John Barnes his heires Assignes foreuer To
the onely p r per vse & behoofe of him the said John Barnes
his heires & Assignes for euer." [Plym. Col. Deeds, 1 : 10 1]

1640, November 2. Granted six acres of "meddowing in
the North meddow by Joanes Riuer." [Court Orders, 1 : 249]

1642, April 5. John Combe sells to Thomas Prence "ail
those his two acrees of Marsh meddow lying before the house
of the said Thorn Prence at Joanes Riuer next to the Marsh
meddow of Phineas Pratt ..." [Plym. Col. Deeds, I : 138]

1642, May 7. Joshua Pratt sells to Edward Dotey "one
acre of vpland lying at the heigh Cliff betwixt the lands of
Phineas Pratt & John Shawe ..." [Plym. Col. Deeds, I :
142]

1642, December 31. John Barnes sells to Edward Edwards

♦ This entry is crossed out in the original records.

Pkincas Pratt of Plymouth a?id Charles town. 97

certain property purchased from Thomas Hill and "the two
acrees of vpland lying at wellingsly brooke lately purchased of
M r John Combe & Phineas Pratt' ..." [Plvm. Col. Deeds,
I: 154]

1643, August. Appears on a list of Plymouth men able to
bear arms. The same year (no minor dates given) his name,
crossed out and with interlinear notation "gon," appears on a
list of Plymouth freemen. [Plvm. Col. Records, VIII: 174,
187] His name was crossed out and the note made, of course,
after he left Plymouth.

1644, June 22. "At a Townes meeting the xxii th June
1644

" In case of Alarume in tyme of warr or Danger these
Divisions of the Towneship are to be observed. & these com-
panys to repaire together

At Joanes river

mr Bradfords famyly one
mr Princes one
mr Hanbury one
mr Rowland one
I ffrancis Cooke one
Phineas Pratt
Gregory Armestrong
John Winslow
mr Lee "

Of the other two companies the first was ordered to as-
semble "At the Ele river" and the second at Wellingsly.
[Plym. Town Reds., 1:27]

1644, October 30. "Edward Edwards sells to Thomas
Whitney the property which was formerly Thomas Hill's and
"the two acrees bought of phineas Pratt " by John Barnes and
sold to him (Edwards) December 31, 1642. [Plym. Col. Deeds,
I: 154]

1644, November 5. "The fift of Novemb r 1644 Memorand
That Thomas Bunting dwelling: w th Phineas Pratt hath w th and
by the consent of the said Phineas put himself as a servant to
Dwell w th John Cooke Junio r from the fifteenth Day of this
instant Novemb r for and During the terme of eight yeares now
next ensuing and fully to be compleate and ended the said John
Cooke fynding vnto his said servant meate drink and apparell
During the said terme and in thend thereof Double to apparell
him throughout and to pay him twelue bushells of Indian Come.
The said John Cooke haueing payd the said Phineas for him

9S George Sonic* s Autograph.

one melch cowe valued at v !i and fourty shillings in money
and is to to lead the said Phineaa two loades of hey yearely Dur-
ing the terme of seauen yeares .now next ensuinge." [Court
Orders, II : 106]

(7i? be continued.)

GEORGE SOULE'S AUTOGRAPH.

By George Ernest Bowman.

The only autograph of George Soule of the Mayflower of
which I have yet learned is his signature as a witness to the will
of John Barries of Plymouth, and was written 6/16 March,
1667/8. Soule was the first witness to sign, and fortunately
"Sen r " was written after his name. This proves conclusively
that the witness was Geurge Soule of the Mayflower and not
his son, George-.

An examination of the half-tone reproduction of the will,
facing this page, shows that Soule wrote a very good hand, but
there are evident signs of trembling, which may have been due
to age.

The will is preserved in the « Scrap Book " in the Registry
of Deeds at Plymouth. It is written on the first page of a four-
page folio, and is in fair condition. The pages are twelve and
one-fourth inches tail by seven and seven-eighths inches wide.
The top of the first page has evidently been used in place of
a copy book.

The second witness, Samuel Seabury, married for his
second wife Martha' 5 Pabodie {Elizabeth 2 A/den, John 1 ).

In this will John Barnes calls Henry Samson's wife (Ann
Plummer) his cousin. This connection will probably be help-
ful in finding her ancestry.

The will was recorded in the Plymouth Colony Wills and
Inventories, Volume III, Part I, page 31, from which the
record of the probate is taken. The transcript of the will is
made from the original document.

The last Will and Testament of M r John Barnes of Plym-
outh in New England late Deceased ; exhibited to the court

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George Soule 's Autograph. 99

held att Plymouth the 29th of October anno Dom 1671 on the
oathes of M r Samuell Saberry and Samuell hunt as followeth ;

New Plimoth. New England. 6 th . of March. i6fX

The Last will & Testament of John Barn's which is as
follow' s.

To All whome these may concern. Know you That I John
Barn's being of my Sound understanding - &c : doe declai re This
to be my last will and Testament. Knowing not how soon
y e lord may call me out of this world, doe theirfore labor to
give noe occasio' of striffe unto those that shall Sum Ye me :
But that peace may be Among them :

1. In the first place I doe desire that my body be decently
buryed all y* all Funeral! charges be Exspended out of my
psonall Estate

2. That all Legacys be pay'd, before any division of my
Estate be may'd

3. I doe apoynt y* my dear wife Joan Barn's & my Sunn
Jonathan Barn's be y e Executo rs of this my last will and
Testament

4. I doe Bequeath unto my wife Joan Barn's half of Every
pt and pcell of all my houseing and lands y* I doe now possess
in y e Township of New Plimoth dureing The Tearm of her
life.

5. I doe bequeath unto my unto my Sonn Jonathan the
other half part of my sayd houseing land's &c : fforEver unles
my say'd Sonn shall forfitt it on condition's as ffollow's in an
oyr* pt of this my will.

6. I doe bequeath all my land lying Near to Road Island
unto my grandsonn John Marshall, as alsoe y e silver dish y : 1
doe usually use to Eate in

7. I doe bequeath to my Cozen y e wife of henery Samso.
forty shillings out of my Estate to be pay'd Beffore division of
my Estate.

8. I doe Bequeath my moveable Estate as follow's one
third to my wife for EYer in Case she shall not molest any
pson to whome I have fformerly sould any Land's unto in Case
she shall soe doe, y n it shall ffall to Sonn, or grandson John
Marshall. y e Next Third I doe bequeath to my sonn Jonathan
In Case he doe not demand any pt of That Estate } rt fformerly
I gave to my daughter Lyddyah. Now deceased, in Case he

*ThLs is evidently a mistake for "other." The copy in the Colony Records
reads: "in any one."

ioo William Brexvster.

shall Soe doe y n third shall frail unto my grandson John
Marshall ffor Ever The Next (t)hird I doe bequeath to my
gr(an)dchildren now in being togeither w*b my Kinswoman
Ester Rieket to say to Each of y m an Equall pt of y r - my

Estate : hopeing That my last will may be an Instrument of
peace ; shall cease waiting for y e Time of my chang,

9. I doe Further Request and desire Elder Tho 8 : Couch-
ma L* : Ephraem Morton and Joseph Warren to be the over-
seers of this my Last will and Testament
Signed and sealed In his mark

y e p r sence of John ■£ B Barnes

George Soule Sen* : (seal)

Sam 1 : Seabury
samuell hunt

This Will is recorded according to order p r me Nathaniel
Morton Secretary see book of Wills and Inventorys recorded
begining att 71 ; in folio 31

WILLIAM BREWSTER.
His True Position in Olr Colonial History.

\An Address Delivered before the Massachusetts Socizty of Mayflower Descendants,
1 j February, IQ02 > at Boston.]

By Hon. Lyman Denison Brewster.

The story of the Mayflower and Plymouth Rock is the
story of the formation of a little Separatist or Congregational
Church at Scrooby, England, its escape to Holland, its migra-
tion from thence to Plymouth, and its establishment there as
the first embodiment in America of freedom in the Church
and equality in the State.

William Brewster cradled the church at Scrooby, in his
own home. He devoted his means to the support of its min-
isters and the succor of its members. After suffering fine
and imprisonment and risking his life for this heresy, he helped
the little flock to Holland, where his duty as elder intrusted
him especially with the discipline and building up of the Church
and the preservation therein of soundness of doctrine. This
duty he successfully performed with great gentleness and equal

William Brewster. 101

firmness. While in Leyden his arrest was sought for publish-
ing Protestant books for circulation in England and Scotland.

He was in every respect the co-equal and colleague with
Robinson in all the measures for preparing the voyage to
America, and shares with Carver and Cushman the honor of
procuring the requisite London assistance.

That he drafted the Compact of November 21, 1620, in
the cabin of the Mayflower seems almost certain. That he
was the moral, religious and spiritual leader of the Colony
during its first years of peril and struggle and its chief civil
adviser and trusted guide until the time of his death is quite
certain. But for his ecclesiastical position he would have been
Governor of the Colony.

So that, while it was perhaps unfortunate, as a matter of
good taste, that Rev. Ashbel Steele entitled his valuable
biography " Chief of the Pilgrims : or The Life and Time of
William Brewster"- — unfortunate, since the modest Eider of
Plymouth was the last man in the world to institute com-
parisons with his brethren, it is nevertheless true as a matter
of history that he was indeed in the fullest sense "The Chief
of the Pilgrims." And it is also true that having the rare
felicity to be both the founder of the first free Church in
America and also the founder of the first free colony in America,
he was in a sense in which no other man, not even Roger
Williams (as I shall show) can claim the honor — the first
Apostle of both civil and religious liberty on this continent.

In the light of recent research he stands out more clearlv
than ever, the leading figure of the Mayflower and of Plymouth.
In the prime of his intellectual vigor, in the 54th year of his
age, the only reason why the Elder was not chosen the first
Governor of the Plymouth Colony, says Hutchinson in his
History, was that " He was their ruling elder, which seems to
have been the bar to his being their Governor — civil and eccle-
siastical office, in the same person, being then deemed incom-
patible." Perhaps an equally cogent reason was that an
outlawed exile would hardly be "'persona grata" to the officers
of the Crown.

Some subsequent historians, not realizing that, as Judge
Baylies says, " the power of the church was then superior to the
civil power," or the true reason of the apparent but not real
subordination of the Elder to the Governors (Carver and Brad-
ford), have failed to give to the heroic Elder the supremacy
he deserves over each and all, as the heart, brain and soul of
the new Plymouth enterprise, without whom it could hardly

102 William Ih-cwstcr.

have been attempted, with whom it became the most memorable
and successful pioneer colonization on the American continent
after its discovery by Columbus.

Let me mention some of the admirable qualities of his
leadership. Not intending in the least to suggest a word in
derogation or depreciation of the good qualities, nay the grand
qualities of those superb fellow Pilgrims, Bradford, Winslow,
Carver and Standish, 1 will state briefly what he was, what
he accomplished.

Of gentle birth, educated at Cambridge, a courtier before
he was twenty years oi age, in high esteem with Her Majesty's
Secretary of State, treated by him more like a son than a
servant, soon a member of the English Embassy to Holland,
after loyally and faithfully serving his patron Davidson who
was deposed from his high position by the perfidy of the Queen,
he, after suffering years of persecution in building up the May-
flower church at Scrooby, left his native land, his position and
his fortune, to be an exile in Holland and a pilgrim in America.

A word each on his scholarship, his statesmanship, his
saintliness and his standing among the Founders of States.

First, as to his scholarship and ability as a lay preacher.
It was always known that he was a trained scholar of the
greatest of English Universities, but it remained for the late
Dr. Dexter to show the depth and breadth, the fulness and
ripeness of his learning and wisdom. Dr. Dexter wrote to me
that he regarded him as the ablest man of the first generation
of New England colonists, and no man was better qualified to
give that judgment. While a persecuted refugee in Leyden
he published and in some instances himself printed and edited
both popular and erudite theological treatises in Latin and
English. While living in his log house in Plymouth, built by
his own hands, he yearly received supplies of newly published
books in Latin and English, and his library was inventoried
at his death in 1644 at four hundred volumes.

Dr. Dexter took the brief headings of the inventory de-
ciphered by Mr. Winsor and tracing out the books through the
leading libraries of England and Europe, restored the full
titles. Sixty-two were in Latin and ninety-eight commentaries
on or translations of the Bible. Dr. Dexter says :

" It is my strong impression that it is very doubtful whether,
for its first quarter-century, New England anywhere else had so
rich a collection of exegetical literature as this."

With such a scholar to explain the Scriptures, which was
the chief function of the pulpit in those days, it is no wonder

William Brewster. 103

that when a minister who came over in 1629 was chosen to be
the Plymouth pastor, the people " finding him to be a man of
low gifts and parts, they, as providence gave opportunity, im-
proved others as his assistants." And this scholar worked
with his own hands to build his House in Plymouth, and after-
wards in Duxbury, and up to the age of nearly eighty helped
to cultivate his own farm. And there is nothing to show, says
one biographer, in the records that he ever asked for or received
any salary.

But the crowning glory of this wealth of learning and
knowledge was this. For thirty years it was devoted con-
stantly, utterly and superbly to the people with whom he had
cast his hazardous lot. All he could learn he freely imparted
to those he taught.

He was a scholar and preacher from the people, with
the people, for the people and to the people, and in their close
companionship of toil and danger the people did indeed hear
him gladly. Of their place of worship and order of assembling
De Rasiere, a wise observer from Holland in 1627 gives this
often repeated but always interesting sketch :

He says : " Upon the hill they had a large square house,
with a flat roof, made of thick sawn planks, stayed with oak
beams, upon the top of which they have six cannons, which
shoot iron balls of four and five pounds, and command the
surrounding country. The lower part they use for their church,
where they preach on Sundays and the usual holidays. They
assemble by beat of drum, each with his musket or firelock,
in front of the captain's door ; they have their cloaks on, and
place themselves in order, three abreast, and are led by a
sergeant without beat of drum. Behind comes the Governor,
in a long robe ; beside him on the right hand comes the
preacher with his cloak on, and on the left hand the captain
with his side-arms and cloak on, and with a small cane in his
hand ; and so they march in good order, and each sets his arms
down near him. Thus they enter their place of worship, con-
stantly on their guard night and day."

How much Governor Bradford, the excellent governor of
the colony for over thirty years, owed not only to the guidance,
but to the training, teaching and companionship of his old
neighbor, comrade and life-long friend, his grateful words bear
full witness. He says of Brewster that " he was foremost in
our adventure in England and in Holland and here." John
Brown of Bedford calls him " The Great Heart of their pil-
grimage." Dr. Griffis says " from the first Brewster was the
soul of the Plymouth colony."

104 William Brewster.

The devout Elder was regarded with the utmost veneration
and reverence in his later years by the colonists of the eight
towns into which the little settlement of 1620 had grown.
Hence I think the popular impression of the old patriarch
pictures him with the austere severity and rigid narrowness
of an old iron-sides, rather than with the " sweetness and lisfht "
of Hampden and Milton. Nothing could be further from the
truth. Humblest and gentlest of men, his flock almost wor-
shipped him because they loved him and had reason to love
him, while that love was returned in full measure, and the
chronicle says of his death in which he " so sweetly departed
this life unto a better " : " We did all grievously mourn his loss
as that of a dear and loving friend."

Of his personal qualities Bradford says : "He was wise and
discreet and well spoken, having a grave and deliberate utter-
ance, of a very cheerful spirit, very sociable and pleasant
amongst his friends, of an humble and modest mind, of a peace-
able disposition, undervaluing himself and his own abilities,
and sometimes overvaluing others ; inoffensive and innocent
in his life and conversation, which gained him the love of those

without, as well as those within He was tender-hearted,

and compassionate of such as were in misery, but especially
of such as had been of good estate and rank, and were fallen
unto want and poverty, either for goodness and religion's

sake, or by the injury and oppression of others In

teaching, he was moving and stirring of affections, also very

plain and distinct in what he taught He had a singular

good gift in prayer, both public and private He always

thought it were belter for ministers to pray oftener, and divide
their prayers, than be long and tedious in the same."

" lie taught twice every Sabbath, and that both powerfully
and profitably, to the great contentment of his hearers, and their
comfortable edification; yea, many were brought to God by his
ministrie. He did more in this behalf in a year, than many that
have their hundreds a year do in all their lives." Bradford's
whole eulogy of his beloved friend and pastor is the most pathetic
and beautiful passage in his History of New Plymouth so lately
restored to the State of Massachusetts.

Next 2S a statesman. If the acorn is judged by the oak it
produces, he had no superior in that age of great statesmen.
How far-reaching the policy that foresaw that the refugees must
leave Holland, if they would preserve their English morals with
their English freedom ! How tersely in the short Social Com-
pact which we believe he penned, impromptu apparently, in the

WUHum Brewster. 105

cabin of the Mayflower is the whole genius of " Liberty, Equality
and Fraternity " put in a few lines ! Well has it been called
the "germ of all our American Constitutions and Declarations
of Right" — u Magna Charta reinforced by the spirit of the
Dutch Common-wealth."

Professor Goldwin Smith in his brilliant little book called
"The United States Political History 1492-1871 " tells us that
the recital, in the Compact signed on the Mayflower, of the col-
onists' allegiance and fealty to King James was a great and
serious mistake and " created a relation false from the begin-
ning," that in it " lay the fatal seeds of misunderstanding " etc.
On the contrary the mistake is all on the side of the Professor.
Not to have acknowledged that fealty and allegiance would have
been false and if interpreted as seriously intended would have
been suicidal. It was because they intended to be English
colonists and English freemen that they left Holland. In all
the business of procuring their charter that fealty is assumed
and this allegiance and fealty is reiterated and reaffirmed in the
Plymouth Code of 1636, of whose drafters the Elder was one.

How superior the wise, peaceful, just and courageous policy
of the Plymouth Colony in its treatment of the Indians and its
fellow colonies ! And the man who always had the last word in
these important matters — the Joshua and Nestor of the planta-
tion was Elder William Brewster. Here again see the crowning
glory of his success as a political philosopher. He put his
glorious theory of Equality and Fraternity into practice, and
Liberty could not help being the result. The first Plymouth
town meeting of equal citizens with equal rights had in it the
seeds of Yorktown and Gettysburg. It was the first clear
prophecy of the Republic which was to extend from ocean
to" ocean.

Dr. Gregory of Edinburgh in his recent work on Puritanism,
cool and judicial Scotchman as he is, sums up the consensus of
historians when he says " It is not too much to say that in a
very real and profound sense the Mayflower carried with her
the destinies of the world. Her crew (evidently the doctor
means her passengers) were not only the pioneers of civil and
religious liberty, they were the heralds of a faith which tested
by the heroic men it has formed and heroic actions it has
produced may indeed challenge comparison with any faith by
which men have been moulded and inspired. The. struggle
they were called upon to wage was a struggle for liberty not
only in the New World but in the old, and but for the planting
of Puritanism in New England the victory of Puritanism in the

106 William Brewster,

Mother Country would have been short lived, and shorn of its
most characteristic features and products." And in spite of
all criticism Bancroft states but a fact when he says that " in
the cabin of the Mayflower humanity recovered its rights and
instituted government on the basis of equal laws for the general
good."

Dr. Gregory in summing up the influence of the Mayflower
and Plymouth Rock, wisely and justly, it seems to me, merges
and blends the Pilgrim Separatist and the Massachusetts colony
Puritans as exerting essentially the same influence after 1630 on
subsequent history, since all the Puritans of New England soon
became Separatists.

Better than all, he was a saint in a church where saint
worship was abolished. Of his own sincere, devout, spiritual,
religious faith and practice every day of his exiled life bore
witness. But what especially distinguished him as a religious
leader in those days was his breadth, toleration and charity.
When that sturdy and heroic heretic Roger Williams in Plym-
outh denounced the Mother Church in England as Anti-Christ,
pronouncing it sinful to attend its worship or to fellowship with
it, the more charitable Leader of the Pilgrims refused to go
with him or to hold to any such nonsense. In fact the spiritual
descendants of William Brewster and John Robinson were not
more Jonathan Edwards and the New England Calvinists than
Phillips Brooks, Horace Bushnell, Henry Ward Beecher and
Charles Briggs. " The Pilgrims were neither Puritans nor
Persecutors " was the motto I saw some years ago written over
the spot across the street from which Elder William built his
house. But in reality the Pilgrim was, as Dr. Dexter says,
"The Puritan in the superlative degree."

John Robinson and Roger Williams are justly praised as the
fathers and apostles of religious toleration in their age. But
William Brewster was more Catholic and tolerant than either,
at an earlier date.

"Paget " according to Powicke in his recent Life of Henry
Barrows " says that Robi.ison had * tolerated ' his fellow elder
' for this long time ' in this practice " and " this practice " was
the custom of hearing ministers of the Church of England, and
it is a touching evidence of the Elder's influence on the life
and belief of his beloved pastor that there was found in the
study of John Robinson after his decease a treatise on "The
Lawfulness of Hearing of the Ministers of the Church of
England." We have already seen how on this very point the
Elder of Plymouth was more tolerant than Roger Williams in

William Brewster. 107

the new colony. The sturdy leader who surpassed both John
Robinson and Roger Williams in true catholicity and toleration
before 1620 may well stand for the Pioneer of Religious Liberty
in New England and America.

The claim that the Elder was in the slightest degree blame-
worthy in advising the Plymouth Church to accept Roger Wil-
liams' petition for a dismissal from that church to the church
in Salem will hardly pass muster with any student of history
thoroughly conversant with the " chip on the shoulder " char-
acteristics of the great Founder of Rhode Island, or who has
thoughtfully read Bradford's words of tender regret at the
parting — words which undoubtedly echoed the sentiments of
the Elder.

It seems to me that Dr. Gregory's criticism of the unstinted
laudation of the intrepid Baptist by Mr. Strauss when he puts
him on a level with Luther and Cromwell is fully justified.
There seems to be a lack of historical perspective.

Easily first among the Pilgrims (for Robinson the master
mind of all was not a Pilgrim as he stayed on the other side of
the seas and is out of the comparison), how does the scholar,
teacher and sainted father of the first colony of New England
stand among the founders of states ? Lord Bacon puts the
founders of States in the first rank of the Great Men of the
world. It seems to me that depends on the motive, and method
of their achievements. Where conquest and greed are the
motives and treachery and bloodshed the methods, I see nothing
to admire or respect. But what colony was ever founded on
loftier aims, with more devoted sacrifice and by more honorable
methods than that which was started in possession at Plymouth
two hundred and eight)- two years ago. Its free spirit has taken
possession of the continent. The man whose thought originated,
whose spirit pervaded, whose presence stimulated, whose counsels
preserved that colony in its infancy can well bear comparison
with any of the famous colonizers of the continent.

It was no accident that made William Brewster the planter
of a great church, and pioneer of a great state. The long
schooling in Holland after the sharp persecution in England
seems to have educated the Pilgrims and their great leader to a
more gracious spirit, a more Christian sense of the relations of
man to man than was possessed by the subsequent New England
colonists. There was less bigotry, no persecution and little of
the superstition and narrowness that darkened the history of
most of the other New England colonies. The bond that kept
together that immortal band through flood and famine, pesti-

io8 William Brewster.

lence and peril, was not commercial or primarily political. It
was religious and spiritual. It was faith in God and the Gospel
of the Christ. And their spiritual leader full of that faith him-
self, inspired his flock with his own zeal and moulded the
colony not only during his own life but for a whole generation
after. The very symmetry and perfection of William Brewster's
character, have in a sense prevented a full and just recognition
of his services to church and state.

But to my mind the entire sanity, moderation, self-restraint,
the grand common-sense of the founder of Plymouth constitutes
one of his most attractive characteristics. Too often, alas, have
the reformers of the world, the founders of states and systems
had the one-sided vehemence of a John the Baptist instead of
sharing something in the serene dignity and repose of the Mas-
ter. Patience, humility, indomitable fortitude, unquenchable
hope, purity of life and purpose, kindliness of heart, sympathy
for the weak and poor, fidelity to the death for ail that is right,
absolute abhorrence for all that is wrong, are they not worthy
human qualities although their possessors forsooth be termed
Puritans ? But these pilgrims although puritans of the puritans
in their moral steadfastness, were also free in a large degree
from the narrowness, intolerance and vulgarity that have else-
where sometimes characterized those who held the name. How-
much of this freedom must we fairly attribute to their leader
and teacher ? See the effectiveness as well as the quality of
his work ! In England he not only made of his home a Meet-
ing house, but he provided its pastors and devoted his means
and his life to his brethren who sought to reform what he and
they believed the unscriptural practices of the Church established
by law. When the little flock had gathered again after their
hazardous flight to Holland, not only did his printing press at
Leyden furnish to Scotland and England exactly the English
Protestant literature which the Reformation most needed, but
his wise eldership contributed no less than the genius of Rob-
inson to preserve and shape a church worthy of being the
pioneer church of New England.

In Plymouth — elder, advisor, Nestor of the little band, Dr.
Dexter tells us there is every reason to believe the English
books of his library were openly accessible to all and formed in
reality the first Public Library of New England. A preacher
who never had been a priest, a pastor who had never been an
ordained clergyman, he was the fitting leader of a band of Inde-
pendents who were to found a Church without a Bishop as well
as a State without a King. Opposed to all ritualism and format-

Isaac Allertoiis Deposition. 109

ism, to any ceremonials not in their opinion plainly enjoined by
the word of God, the Plymouth Colony, under the Elder's wise
and able guidance preserved a moderation, sanity and freedom
from extravagance and superstition not always prevalent in the
other Puritan Colonies.

There have been many saints in Old England and in New
England well beloved we may believe of God and man, but how
many of his energy and of such influence on the future, who
were so free from asceticism, fanaticism, ignorance and super-
stition ? How many unembittered by such persecution, unnar-
rowed by such isolation ? This " Chief of the Pilgrims " was a
Puritan of the Puritans in all that makes puritanism a power for
good, for purity, for piety, for valor, and a terror to evil doers,
but in nothing else. The sourness, the barrenness, the vul-
garities of puritanism seemed left out of Elder Brewster's
composition.

And it is a pleasant thought, I am sure, for every member
of our society to realize that the more the records are searched,
the more clearly it' appears that the spiritual leader of our Pil-
grim Ancestors — the transplanter of the first New England
Meeting House, the suggester of the first New England town-
meeting, was in everything throughout his life, in everything
we know of his thought and action, a noble Christian gentleman.

ISAAC ALLERTON'S DEPOSITION.

Isaacke Allerton of New Plimmouth in New England
merchant aged about 53 yeares sworne saith that the ship White
Angell was heretofore in the yeare of our Lord 163 1 bought
at Bristoll of Alderman Aldworth by this deponent to the use
of M r . James Sherley M r . Richard Andrewes M r . John Beau-
champ of London merchants M r . Timothy Hatherley then of
London feltmaker & this deponent, but this deponent saith
that the said Timothy Hatherley did afterwards refuse to
accept of the said bargaine. And this deponent saith that the
ship Frendship was heretofore hired & victualled by this
deponent in the yeare aforesaid for the use of the said M r .
Sherley M r . Andrews M r . Beauchampe M r . Hatherley and all
the partners & purchasers of the plantation of Plimmouth
aforesaid. And further this deponent saith that afterwards
divers losses falling out upon the said ship Friendship the

HO Plymouth, Mass., Vital Records.

said M r . Hatherley and this deponent did in the behalf of
themselves & the said M r . Sherley M r . Andrews & M r . Beau-
champe agree &. undertake to .discharge & save harmlesse all
the rest of the said partners & purchasers of & from the said
losses for two hundred pounds.

From this deposition, made on 26 September, 1639, we learn that
Isaac Allerton was born about 15S6, and that he resided in 1639 at
Plymouth.

The deposition was made before Thomas Lechford, and is reprinted
from the American Antiquarian Society's edition of his " Note Book,"
page 189.

PLYMOUTH, MASS., VITAL RECORDS.

(Continued from Vol. Ill, page 124..)

[Vol. I, p. 52] The Children of Elisha Holmes & sarah holmes his
Wife

1 Marcy born June y e 26 th 1696

2 Elisha born January 19 th 1698

3 Joseph born July 11 th 1700

4 Elizabeth born March 13 th 1702

5 Jabiz born January 28 1704

6 Elnathan born January 19 1705

7 John born March 27 th 1707

8 Sarah born in March 1709

The Children of Elisha holme & Suanna his Wife

1 Rebecka born Agust 18 th 1720

2 Nathaniel born Agust 18 1722

The Children of Micajah Dunham & Elizabeth Dunham his wife

1 Joshua born on y e 30 th of June 1701

2 Joseph born on y e 12 th of March 170*

3 Abigaiel born on y e 19 th of July. 1707
The Children of John Curtice

1 flrances born on y e 20 th of May 1696

2 hannah born on y e 20 th of Aprill 1698

3 John born on y e 31 of March 1702

4 Elizabeth born on y e 20 th of May 1704

The Children of Jacob Tinkcom & Lydia his Wife

1 Hannah Tinkcom Born Oct r . 31. 1747.

2 Lydia Tinkcom Born Nov r 15. 1749.

3 Mary Tinkcom Born. Nov r 28. 1751

4 Jacob Tinkcom Born, Sep 1 10. 1754

[p. 53] The Children of helkiah Tincom & Ruth Tincom his Wife

Plymo&thi Mass., Vital Records. 1 1 1

i helkiah born August 15 th 1685

2 Mary born August 13 th 1687

3 John born March 27 th 1689

4 Jacob born June 15 th 1691

5 Caleb born October 12 th 1693

6 Sarah born on the 30 th of January 1696 Deceased on y e 2 2 d of

P'ebruary 17]*

7 Ebenazar born on y e . 3 d of May 1698

8 Ruth born on y e i$ lh of fFebruary 1701

9 Peter Tinkcom born April I st . 1706.

The Children of Solomon Bartlett & Joanna his Wife

1 Solomon Bartlett Born July 18 th . 175 1.

2 James Bartlett Born Jan^. 2. 1754

3 Benjamin Bartlett Born, Nov r . 14 th 1755.

4 Abigail Bartlett Borne

The Children of Caleb Cook & Jane his Wife

1 John born on y e 5 th of ffebruary 1682

2 Marcy born on y e 21 of ffebruarv i68| ;: Deseased ffebruary 11 th

i 7 o{2

3 Ann Cooke born on the 2 1 of August 1686

4 Jane born on y e 16 th of March i68f

5 Elizabeth born on y e 30 th of November 169 1

6 Mary born on y e 20 th : of August 1694

7 Caleb born on y e 17 th of Aprill 1697

8 James born on y e 19 th of August 1700

9 Joseph born on y e 28 of November 1703

The Children of James howland & Mary his Wife

1 hannah born on y e 16 th of October 1699

2 Abigaiel born y e 29 th of October 1702

3 Elizabeth born on y e 2 d of december 1704

4 Thankfuli born September 25 th 1709

5 John Born March 14 th 17 n

C James born August first 17 13

[p. 54] The Children of Robert Cushman & Perses his Wife

1 Robert born on y e 2 d of July 1698

2 Ruth born on y e 25 of March 1700

3 Abigaitll born on y e 3 d of July 1701

4 Hannah born Desember 25^1705

5 Thomas born ffebruary 14 1706

6 Joshua born October 14 1707

7 Jonathan born y« 2S July 17 12

The Children of peter Tomson & Sarah Tomson his Wife

1 Sarah born October 30 th 1699

2 Peter born on y e 30 th of June 1701

3 James born on the second of ffebruary ifof

4 Joseph born on the 3 of June 1706

The Children : of Elish Cobb & Lidiah Cobb his Wife
1 Elisha born on the 11 th of June 1704

112 Ply mouthy Mass., Vital Records.

2 Lemuel born on y e 10 of agust 1706

3 silvanos born on y e iS of March 1709

4 Hust born June 20 17 n Deceased March 20 th 17J-J

5 Lidiah born Apriel 17 1 7 1 3

6 hanna born November 11 th 1716

7 John born July 13 17 19

8 Jabiz born on September: 6 1721

The Children of James Cobb & patience Cobb his Wife

1 Mallatiah born -on the 22 d of June 1706 Deseasd augst 20 17 19

2 James born on y e 13 of June 1708

3 Girshom born August 17 n Deceased in agust 17 14

4 Joanna born y e 9 th of february 17 15 Deceased february 16 th iJo{^

5 Girshom born March 16 th i7o|f

6 Martha born on y e 9 th of ffebruary 170^

[p. 55] The Child of Jabiz Dunkin & Bethyah his Wife
1 Samuel born on the 2 2 d of August 1705

The Children of : Benoney Lucos & of Repentance Lucos his
Wife

1 Marey born on y e 4 th of May 1684

2 Samuel born on y e 24 of July 16S9

3 Joannah born on y e 9 th of ffebruary 1691

4 Sarah born on y e 14 of Desember 1692

5 Elisha born on y e 7 th of ffebruary 1699

6 Bethyah born on y e 29 th of May 1704

The Children of John Barrows & Sarah his Wife

1 hannah born on y e 19 th of ffebruary 1700

2 Samuel born on y e 1 1 of March 17 of

3 Ruth born on y e 13 th of June 1705

The Children of William Torrey & Mary his Wife
1 Mary Torrey Born, October 26 th . 1749.

2. William Torrey Born, Oct r . 30. 175 1.

3. Anna Torrey. Born. Dec r 6 th . 1753

4. Joseph. Torrey. Born. Nov r . 21 st 1755 Deceased Ap : 25. 1757

[p. 56] The Children of Thomas howland & Joanna howland his
wife

1 Consider born on y e 2S th of august 1700

2 Joannah born on y e (*) June 1702 She Deceased June 5 th 17 15

3 Experiance born on y e last of November 1705

4 Thomas born November 23 1707

5 Elizabeth born May 23 d 17 10

6 hannah Born on y e : 19: Day of Desember 17 12

7 Joanna born on y e 7 th of May 17 16 Dece d 18 10

8 Joseph born on y c 24 of July 17 18

The Child of Thomas Dotey & Elizabeth his Wife
Thomas born on the 26 Day of January : 1704

* The day was omitted.

Plymouth, Mass., Vita! Records. 113

The Child of Edward Stephens Jun r . & Phebe his Wife

Edward Stephens born Feb'?. 6 th i747/ s -

The Children of Jobe Gibbs & Juduth Gibbs his Wife

Elizabeth born on the 15 th of August 1706

The Child of Benjamin Bartlett Jun r . & Jean his Wife

Benjamin Bartlett Born Aug 5t . iS. 1752

[p. 57] The Children of John Faunce and of Abigaill Faunce His
" Wife

1 : Nathan iell Born August y e . 27 th 1706.

2 : John Born May y e 2 d 1709

3 : Marsey Born 6 , octtober y e 31 : 17 11

4 : Abigaill Born e May y e 22 : 17 15

5 jane Borne. May y e 2 1 : 17 17 :

6. Patience Born: July. y e . 13 th : 172 1

The Children of Beniamin Soul e . and of. Sarah his Wife

1 Zachariah Born March y e 21 1694

2 Hainan Born March y e . iS : 1696

3 Sarah Born May y e . 9 1699

4 Deborah Born Aprill y e 23 1702

5. Beniamin Born Jun e . y e 5 th 1704.

The Child of Joseph Church & of Juduth Church his wife

1 Sarah born on y e 4 th of August 1706

The Children of Xath 1 Warren & Sarah his Wife

1 Hannah Warren born Jan r - V . 27 th . 1735/6. Deceased March 28 th

2 (~)born Sep 1 . 6. 1737. Deceased Sep 1 12. 1737

3 Nathaniel Warren born May 2. 1740. Deceased Sep*. 4 1740

4 Sarah Warren born Jan r >'! S :h 17!

5 Hannah Warren born, Mar: 14. 17!

6. Susannah Warren born, June 8. 1746

7 John Warren born, Nov 7 . 18. 1748. Deceased. Aug st . 30 1749
8. Abigail Warren born May 25. 1753
9 Ruth Warren born Aug st : 30*. 1758

IP- 5 s ] The Children of John Carver & Mar}- Carver his Wife

1 John born September: 7 1692

2 Robert born September 30 th 1694

3 Mary bom October 4 th 1696

4 hannah born March 8 1700

The Children of James Drew, & Mary Drew his Wife
i Hannah Drew born Nov r . 25. 1751.

2 James Drew born April r6. 1754.

3 William Drew. Born Dec r . 29. 1755. Deceas d . Oct 1 ". y e . 6 th . 1757

4 Mary Drew. Born. Oct r . 8 th . 1757.

5 William Drew Born Sep 1 . 29 th . 1760

6 Sarah Drew Born Nov r . 3. 1762

* Name omitted. t The years were not completed.

114 The Portions of Stephen Hopkins' Daughters,

7 Priscilla Drew Born Aug 1 : n*. 1765 Carry d . Down
The Children of John Andros

1 Sarah born March: 16 : 169 ,v

2 Joannah born December 26. 1697

3 John born October 2 3 d 1699

4 Mary born January 8 th 1701

5 Ebenazar born May : 5 : 1704

The Children of James Clark Jun r . & Susannah his Wife

Abigail Clark Born Dec 1 " y e . 22. 1752

John Clark Borne Jan 1 "}'. 5. 1754

The Children of James Drew & Mary his wife

8 Lydia Drew bom June 8 th . 1767

9 Betsey Drew born Sep 1 12 th . 1769 Deceas d July 24 th 1772
The Children of John Rickard Junior & sarah Rickard his Wife
1 James born November 15 th 1706

The Children of Joell Ellice and Elizabeth Ellice his Wife

1 Joell born on y e 21 st of ffebruary 170: \\

2 John born on y e 18 th of September 17 14

The Chidren of Dennis Sturm ey & Elizabeth his Wife

1 Rebeckah Sturmey Born Aug st 25 175 1. Deceas d . Oct 1 ". 175 1

2 Thomas Sturmey Born 13 th of Jan r >'. 1753 New Stile

K {To be continued?)

THE PORTIONS OF STEPHEN HOPKINS'

DAUGHTERS, AND THE ESTATE OF

ELIZABETH 2 HOPKINS.

Transcribed from the Original Record : y
By George Ernest Bowman.

Stephen Hopkins bequeathed all his movable estate, not
specifically mentioned, to his four daughters, Deborah, Damans,
Ruth and Elizabeth, to be equally divided between them.*
The division of this property, made by Caleb 2 Hopkins
and Myles Standish, is recorded in Plymouth Colony Wills and
Inventories, Volume I, folios 65 and 66.

Caleb 2 Hopkins died before 1651,! but no record of the
settlement of his estate can be found on the Plymouth records.
It is possible that the land sold by Elizabeth 2 Hopkins to Jacob 2
Cooke (Francis 1 ) was a part of Caleb's estate.

The agreement concerning Elizabeth's estate shows that

* Mfr. Desc, II : 12. t Ibid., I: 13.

The Portions of Stephen Hopkins Daughters. r i $
I

she had disappeared and that her relatives thought that she was
probably dead.

[fol. 65] The sev r all porcons of the children of m r Steven Hop-
kins Deceased as they were Devided equally by Capt Myles
Slandish Caleb Hopkins their brother

To Deborah Damaris Ruth and Elizabeth.

Debrahs porcon

/ s d
Inpris i bed boulster pillowe &: a phillip & cheney petty-

coate
j It i silver spoone

It i wrought cov r in£ and an old blankett

It 3 sheets

It i pillow beere

It i Diapr napkine

It i great Chest

It i a Ike my spoone

It i Iron pott i bras pott i bras skellet & a Kettle

It 5 trenchers 2 peuter plarters i bason i quart pott 2 )

poringers i tinnen candlestick half a pint pot )

It i paire of scales and waights
It Due for hempe
It more for part of a cloake

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Damaris porcon

Inpris i feather bed boulster pillow a stray bed a suite )
of cloathes another pettycote and a beaver murTe \

It i silver spoone 00

It ii checker coverings 00 . 16

It i peere of linnen sheets 00 . 08

It i pillow beere 00

It 2 napkins & 2 table cloths 00 .

It i chest box and a Case 00 . 08

I It an Alkemy spoone 00

I It i great Ciitell OI

It 5 trenchers 2 pewter platters 1 quart pot i pynt pott )

i salt 2 porringers i chamber pott i tin candle- \

stick i earthen judg i linke & i sive )

It i stoole 00

It Due for hemp 00

It for part of a cioake 00

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03 . 00

02 . 06

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02 . 00

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1 1 6 The Portions of Stephen Hopkins' Daughters.

Ruth Hopkins par:

Inpris i feather bed pillow 6c a cloth growne

It i silv r spoone

It i greene rugg & bastable blankett

It i paire of sheets

It i pillow beere

It a table cloth

It linnen vvheele i wollen wheele i joyned stoole

It i spoone

It i Kettle a Churne bellowe tonges fire shovell spitt }

pot hookes gridiron & an Iron to lav before the > 01 . 02 . 00
fyre - )

It 5 trenchers two platters two porringers a pewter )

candlestick i puter cup a chamber pot a beaker V 00 . 1 2 . 00
i cullender & a tinn funell )

It i half bushell i half peck ii hand sawes 3 Iron hoopes

It for hemp

It for prt of a cloake

ffor Elizabeth Hopkins as followeth.

The agreement betweene Richard Sparrow on thone prt and
Captaine Myles Standish and Caleb Hopkins on thother prt
conc r ning Eliz : Hopkins

Inpris That the said Richard shall have the said Elizabeth
Hopkins as his owne child untill the tyme of her marryage or
untill shee be nineteene yeares of age.

2ly. In consideracon of the weaknes of the Child and her
inabillytie to prforme such service as may acquite their charges
in bringing of her up and that shee bee not too much oppressed
now in her childhood w th hard labour It is agreed that Richard
Sparrow shall have putt into his hands her whole estate and to
have the use of yt for the tyme of her continuance w th him.
Onely one heiffer reserved w ch is now in the hands of Gyles
Hopkins of Yarmouth

[the tearmes of this agreement are fully prformed by Richard
Sparrow *]

3 It is agreed that if it should so fall out by the prvidence of
God that Goodwyfe Sparrow should be taken away by Death
Then Elizabeth Hopkins shalbe free to be Disposed off as
Captaine Standish & Caleb Hopkins shall think meete Sc like-
wise her estate.

4 That if the wyfe of Richard Sparrow be taken away

* This note is on the margin of the page.

The Portions of Stephen Hopkins' Daughters, 1 1 7

by Death w th in three yeares then he is to be allowed twelve
months tyme to pay the estate back againe : if after three
yeares till the expiracon of the terme then he is to be allowed
nine months.

5 It is agreed that if it should please God to take away the
said Elizabeth Hopkins by Death then her estate to returne
to Captaine Standish and Caleb Hopkins to be Disposed of
amongst the rest of her Sisters according to the Will of m r
Hopkins provided Richard Sparrow be allowed convenyent tyme
for the payment of the same namely if in three years then
twelve months if after then nine months

6. That whensoev r this estate is to be returned Richard
Sparrow is to pay it in a Melch Cowe a feather bed and things
belonging thereto and the remaynder thone half in wheate and
thother in Indian Come wee meane by the featherbed and
things belonging to the same valued and worth as now they
are dehVed. witnes our hands this xxx th of the ix th month 1644.
The estate to be returned is fifteene pounds one shilling &
two pence in manner & forme abovesaid

Witnes our hands Myles Standish

Willm Paddy Caleb Hopkins

Thomas Willet Rich. Sparrow.

[fol. 66] The coppy of note or writing under the hand of the said
Richard Sparrow for the payment of a part of Ruth hopkins
porcon This witnesseth That I Richard Sparrow of Plymouth
have received the half of a Cow from Capt Miles Standish w ch
is Ruth Hopkins In consideracon of w ch I the said Richard
Sparrow am to pay to the said Capt Miles Standish in the
behalf of Ruth Hopkins and for her use : two yeare old heiffers
or two yeare old Steeres at the expiracon of three yeares or
sooner, such as shalbe m r chantable witnes my hand this xv th of
the S lh 1644

Witnes Rich Sparrow

Willm Paddy.

May the 19 th 1647
These witnesseth that I have received two young steers in
full Satisfaction for halfe a Cow which was Ruth hopkins which
Richard Sparrow bought of mee upon such tearmes ; for which
I had a bill of him but this shalbee for a full Discharge, I say
received two steers ;

Myles Standish

1 1 8 The Portions of Stephen Hopkins' Daughters.

Elizabeth Hopkins to Jacob Cooke.

[Plym. Col. Deeds, II : I : 196]
1657 Prence Gov r :

The 10 th of October 1657
Memorandum That Elizabeth hopkins Doth acknowlige that
for and in Consideration of a valluable sume to her alreddy
satisfyed and fully paied by Jacob Cooke of the towiie of
Plymouth planter shee hath fully freely and absolutly bargained
allianated and sold enfeofed and Confeirmed and by these
p r sents Doth bargaine sell enfeofe and Confeirme unto the said
Jacob Cooke all that her portion or prcell of meddow that shee
hath in the great meddow att Joanses river viz ten acres of
ffresh meddow bee it more or lesse lying betwixt the meddow
of Capt : Thomas Willett and m r John Done runing from wood-
side to woodside To have and to hold the said ten acres of
meddow bee it more or lesse lying in the meddow Comonly
Called the great meddow att Joanses river runing and being
bounded as above expressed with all and singulare the appurte-
nances and privilidges belonging therunto ; unto the said Jacob
Cooke his heires and assignes for ever The said p r mises with all
and singulare the privilidges belonging therunto with all the
said Elizabeth hopkins her right title and Interest of and into
the same or any prte or prcell therof to belong and appertaine
unto the onely proper use and behoofe of him the said Jacob
Cooke his heires and Assignes for ever ;

Elizabeth Hopkins' Estate Settled.

[Plym. Col. Wills, II : I: 90, 91]

[fol. 90] An Inventory of the estate of Elizabeth hopkins

which is in the hands of Jacob Cooke taken this 6 th of October

1659 as likewise what prte of her said estate is in the hands of

Andrew Ring an Inventory therof likewise taken the Day and

yeare abovesaid and attested on the oathes of the said Andrew

ringe and Jacob Cooke before the Court and by the Court

ordered to be recorded as folioweth

II s d

Imp r : one. Cow 03 00 00

It a yeare and vantage heifer

It halfe a Cow Calfe of this yeare

It five ewe sheep

It one sheep weather

It one ewe lambe and an halfe

It one weather lambe and an halfe >

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The Portions of Stephen Hopkins 1 Daughters. 1 1 9

It one kittle alt 2 bushells of wheat

It a quart pot

It att Gorge Bonums one Cow

It halfe a yearling heifter

It halfe a Calfe

It a rugge one pillow one bedd one blankett and bolster

It one warming pan one pestle and morter

It one bras>e Skiilett

It one bread grater and an Indian Tray

It 2 old silver spoones '

It one garden spott

It one Cow killed the last yeare

It woole

summa 26 14 00
To some thinges remaining in Gyles hopkins hand with a smale
matter in M 1 ^ Standishes * hand ;

Thomas Southworth John Morton;

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[fol. 91] 1659 Prence Gov r

(A writing ordered by the Court to bee recorded as followeth ;
These p r sents Testifyeth that wee whose Names are under-
written according to our best understanding have vallued the
Cattle that goeth under the Name of Elizabeth hopkinses
her Cattle and are in the Custitie of Gyles hopkins and Doe
vallue the one halfe of three steers and a poor Calfe att eight
pounds and five shillings and one very smale poor Cow and an
old Cow being Defective att six pound ;

the 29 th : 7 m : (59) our hands John ffreeman

Edward Banges

Att the Court held att Plymouth the. $ t of October 1659 It
was ordered by the Court and agreed by Andrew ringe Jacob
Cooke and Gyles hopkins ; that incase Elizabeth hopkins Doe
Come Noe more ; that the prticulars of Cattle above expressed
viz : the one halfe of three steers and a poore Calfe and the
poor Cow and the old Cow above expressed soe vallued as
abovsaid ; shalbee the said Gyles hopkins his prte and portion
of the estate of Elizabeth hopkins and the said Gyles hopkins
accepted therof soe to bee; and therfore these p r sents Doth
Declare that the said Gyles hopkins Doth heerby quitt Claime
unto any more of the said estate of Elizabeth hopkins and that
neither hee nor his heires are not to Demaund of; or molest the
said Andrew Ringe or Jacob Cooke in the peacable enjoyment
of that which they have of the estate of Elizabeth hopkins;
neither them nor theire heires or assignes for ever ;

*This is the latest known mention of Barbara Standish.

120 Barnstable i Mass., Vital Records.

BARNSTABLE, MASS., VITAL RECORDS.

(Continued from Vol. Ill, p. 132.)

[Vol. I, p. 404] Eleazer Crocker and Ruth Chipman Married 7

April 1682
Their Son Benoni Born 13 of May 1682
Their Daughter Bethiah born 23 Sept r 16S3
Their Son Nathan born y e 27 of April 1685
Their Son Daniel born y e 23 of March 1686/7
Sarah Born March 2316S9
Theophilus born 11 of March 1691
Eleazer born 3 of August & Ruth also twins 1693
Abel bom 15 June 1695

Rebekah his Daughter was born 10 Decem r 1697
his Wife Ruth Dyed 8 th of April 1698
his Son Benoni Dyed 3 Feb : 1701
Richard Childs & Elizabeth Crocker Married
his son Samuel born 6 of Nov r 1679

his Daughter Elizabeth 23 Janr? 168 1 6z Died 5 weeks after
his Son Thomas born Jan 1 "? 10 1682
his Daughter Hannah born 22 Janr>' 1684

his Son Timothy was bom 22 Sept r 1686 &

his Son Ebenezer born March Latter End 1691 as I think
his Daughter Elizabeth born 6 June 1692
his Son James born 6 Nov r 1694
his Daughter Mercy born 7 May 1697
his Son Joseph born 5 March 1699 1700
Thankful 15 August 1702

Deacon Richard Childs Wife Died 17 16 y e 15 th Day of January
Increase Clap & Elizabeth Goodspeed y e vid : of Nath 11 Goodspeed

Married In Octo r 1675
his son John Clap born In Octo r 1676
their Daughter Charity born In March 1677
Their Son Thomas Clap born In January 1681 &: Died In January

1683
Their Son Thomas born In Decem r 1684

Isaac Chapman & Rebecca Leonard Married 2 September 1678
their Daughter Lydia born 15 December 1679
Their Son John Bom y e 12 of May 1681
their Daughter Hannah born 26 of Decern 16S2
Their son James Born 5 August 1685
Their Daughter Abigail born y e 11 of July 1687
Their Daughter Hannah Died 6 of July 1689
Their Daughter Hannah born April ioth 1690

Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records. 1 2 1

Their son Isaac born 29 Decern 1692

Their Son Ralph Born 19 January 1695

Their Daughter Rebecca born 10 June 1697

Edward Crowd & Mary Lothrop Married y e 16 of January 1673.

their Daughter Mary bom of a Lords Day Morning v e 15 of March

1674
their Daughter unnamed born y e 14 of March a Tuesday 1676 »\:

Died of a Lords Day y e 19 of March 1676
Their Son Yelverton born a Saturday Night February y e 17 th
their son Joseph born March i st on y e Lords Day *
Their Son Benjamin born a Thirsday y e 14 of April
Their Daughter Bathshua born Tuesday y e 26 of June & Dyed In

y* Spring 1684
their son Edward born 6 of June 16S5
1

[p. 405I The births of y e Children of John Chipman

his Daughter Hope born 31 of August 1652

his Daughter Lyciia 25 of Decern 1 1654

his Daughter Hannah y e 14 Jan^' 165S

his Son John y e 2 nd of March 1656/7 & Dyed y e 29 May following

his Son Samuel y e 15 of April 1661

Ruth born y e Last of December 1663
\ Bethiah y e 1 of July 1666

Mercy born ye 6 of Feb 166S

his son John Born 3 rd of March 1670

his Daughter Desire born 26 of Feb 1673
r his Wife Hope Dyed y e S of January 1683

James Ciagliorn & Abia Lumbard 6 January 1654

his son James born 29 January 1654
I his Daughter Mar/ born 26 Octo r 1655

his Daughter Elizabeth born In April 165S

his Daughter Sarah 3 Jany 1659

his son Robert born y e 27 Octo r 1661
j Shobal not recorded f

Samuel Chipman & Sarah Cob. Married 27 Dececern 1686

Their Son Thomas born 17 Nov 1687

Their Son Samuel born 6 of August 16S9

Their son John Born Feb 16 169 1

his Daughter Abigail bom 15 Sept r 1692

his ^cn Joseph 10 of January 10 1694

his Son Jacob born 30 August 1695

his Son Seth born 24 of Feb 1697

his Daughter Hannah born 24 Sept r 1699

Sarah Born Nov' 1 1701

Barnabas born March 24 1702

Robert Cbghorn his Daughter Abia bom Aug 13 1702

♦This is in the margin, opposite the preceding entry.
t This entry is in a different hand.

122 Ephmim Tinkhcuiis Will and Inventory.

his Son Joseph born 25 August 1704
Nathaniel Born 10 of November 1707
Samuel 23 cf June 17 11

Shobal Claghorn his son James born In August 1689
Thomas 20 of March 1692/3
Shobal 20 of Septem 1- 1696
Robert 18 of July 1699
Benjamin 14 of June 1701
his Daughter Mary born in 1707
his Daughter Jane In 1709
Their son Ebenezer born July 30 17 12

his Daughter Thankful born 1690 30 th January Dyed 1696 In
January

( To be continued.)

EPHRAIM TINKHAM'S WILL AND INVENTORY-

Transcribed from the Original Records,
By George Ernest Bowman.

Ephraim Tinkham died at Plymouth between 17/27 Janu-
ary, 1683/4, the date of his will, and 20/30 May, 1685, the day
his inventory was taken. His wife Mary was the daughter of
Peter Brown of the Mayflower. The record of the will and
inventory are found in the Plymouth Colony Wills and Inven-
tories, Volume IV, Part II, pages no and in.

[p. 1 10] Know all men to whome these p r sents shall Come That I
Epharim Tincom seni r of the Towne of Plymouth in New
England being at y e day of y e date hereof but weake of body,
but blessed be god of sound & perfect & well disposing memory
not knowing how soon it may please god to Change my Tem-
porall life to death doe therfore make these p r sents to be my
last will & Testament to Continue for ever firme & Inviolable in
manner & forme following : Imp rmis I will & bequeath unto my
dear & loveing Wife Mary Tincom my now dwelling house &
housing that is in Plymouth with y & orchyard belonging there
unto, and all my lands meadowes with y e appurtenances &
privildges belonging unto them lying & being in y e Townships
of Plymouth Middlebury Dartmouth or any other place in this

Ephraim Tinkhams Will and Inventory. 123

Colony whatsoever that belongs to me Excepting such lands as
I shall perticulcrly dispose of in this my will, I give them all
as afforesd unto my wife for her support & Comfort for &
during her naturall life : Item I will & bequeath unto my Eldest
son Epharim Tincome that hundred acre lott he lives on in y e
Township of Middlebury ioyning toy e land of Samuel Wood Item
I give to mv son Ebenezer Tincom v e other other hundred acre
lott that ioynes to my son Epharims to them & their heirs for
I ever, with y e meadow lands belonging to it lying in Middle-
. burys great meadow, Item, I give & bequeath unto my son
\ Peter Tincome that share of land he now lives on in y e Town-
■ ship of Middlebury neer whetstone vynyard brook'e & all y e
- meadows belonging to it to him & to his heirs for ever, Item :
\ I give unto my son Elkiah one third part of a share of land
lying at Dartmouth to him & his heirs for ever Item I give
unto my two sons John Tincum & Isaack Tincom that my now
dwelling place housing orchards lands meadows & all y e privi-
ledges belonging to it after their mothers decease to be equally
devided between them, I say to them & their heirs for ever
Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Mary Tomson fifty
acres of upland which was given me by y e Towne of Plimouth
& lyes in y e Township of Plimouth neer y e place that is corn-
only caled Momponsett, my will is also what my wife shall
leave at her decease be it good or Chattels that it shall be
devided amongst my seaven Children my eldest son to have a
double portion, my six guns they are already disposed of unto
my six sons who have them for their proper use. Item I will
& bequeath unto my dear & loveing Wife Mary Tincome my
debts being first paid all my goods cattle or Chatties & debts
whatsoever are due & belonging unto me & to pay all debts
that they lawfully appear that I doe owe, And I doe by these
presents appoint & make & ordaine my dear & loveing wife
Mary Tincome to be my sole Executrix of this my last will &
Testament to administer upon my said estate to pay such debts
I owe & receive such debts as are due to me. & to make choyce
of my son Epharim Tincome to be helpfull to her in y e same,
As also to see my body be decently buried & to defray y e
Charge thereof, Thus hopeing that this my last will & Testa-
ment will be performed according to y s Tenure thereof. I
Comitt my body to y e dust, & my soul to god that gave it By
these p r sents rattfiing & Confirming my said wife Mary Tin-
come to be my sole & lawful! Executrix revoking & makeing
void all other my former wills written or verbail : In witness
where of I y e aforesaid Epharim Tincom seni r have here unto

124 Epkraim TinkJiavi s Will and Inventory.

sett my hand & seal this seventeen day of January one thou-
sand six hundred eightie three :

Signed sealed & declared to Ephriam Tincome senio r

be my last will & Testament. his mark : ET& (seal)

in presence of
William Hoskins sen r
Jonathan Shaw sen r :

This will was proved in y e Court held at Plymouth y e fifth
of June 1685 on y e oaths of William Hoskins & Jonathan Shaw
who testified upon oath that they saw Serieant Tincome sign
seal & declare this to be his last will & Testament & that he
was of disposing mind & memory so to doe :

[p. in] An Inventory of y e estate of Epharim Tincome seni r taken
& apprised y e 20 day of may 1685 by us whose names ar under
written

li s d

Inp r mis his wearing Clothes & hatt 03 1 7 o

Item one bible &: other smale books 00 1 7 o

It in y e inner roome one bed & bolster 1 rug 1 pair blan-
ketts one pair sheets 06 00 o

It one bed bolster 1 pair of sheets one pair of blanketts
one rug

It 14 yards of Cotton & lining Cloth

It 2 chests & one smale Trunk 4 meal baggs

It one great Wheel one little wheel one hatchell 3 pair of
cards

It in y e Kitchen one Copper Kettle

It one smale Table and 4 Chairs

It one old warming pan and litle brass Kittle

It 2 Iron potts one Iron Kettle & posnett

It 3 Tramels & Iron spitt 2 pair pott hooks one pair of
tongs & gridiron

It 3 pewter platters one bason & Champer pott

It 2 old pewter pots one little pewter bottle 7 spoons

It 5 pewter poringers one salt celler

It one lanthorne old candlestick & frying pan

It one earthen pan one stone iug 2 earthen potts

It 2 wooden boles & Trayes cSz: other dishes

It one Churne 3 pailes with other smal wooden things

It in y e Chamber one bed one pair of sheets one pair
blanketts one rug

It one pillow 2 pair of pillobees

It one sifeten trough 2 sives one washing tub on halfe

bushell & other lumber 010:

* Either 05 or 07.

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It also Iron tools 5 sickles 2 sythes & sneath 00 10

It 4 axes 2 hows one spade 3 forks with severall oilier

iron tools
It one Cart & plough & tackling belonging to them
It as to Catteli 3 yoke of oxen and 2 steers
It more 8 Calves 1 steer one bull 3 yeeriings
It 23 sheep and 5 swine
It 6 guns and one rapier

It as to his housing & lands in plimouth &: lands in mid-
dlebury & dartmouth

the whole sum. is
Debts due from y e estate
more Debts due from y e estate

Nathaniel Southworth
Thomas Faunce

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500

MARSHFTELD, MASS., VITAL RECORDS.

( Con tin tied from Vol. Ill, p . 189. )

[Vol. I, p. 14] Rebeca Snow the Daugter of Josias Sncw & Rebeca

his wife was Born the 16 day of June 16S5
Samuel Thomas the son of Samuel Thomas & Marcy his wife was

born the 7 th day of Desember. 1685
Deborah The Daughter of Micael fiord and bethiah his wife was

Born October 24 th 1686
John Holmes the son of Samuel Holmes & Mary his wife was Born

the 18 day of Novembr 1686
Elizabeth the Daughter of John Sumers and Elizabeth his wife was

born the. 26. day of Desember. 1686.
Mar)- the Daughter of Samuel! Dogett & Mary his wife was born the

26 day of Apr ill 1687
Samuel the son of John Sherman & Jane his wife was Born febuary.

22. 1686.
John the son of Jonathan Eames & Hanah his wife was Born the 9 th

day of May 16S7.
Mercy the Daughter of Anthony Eames & Mercy his wife was born

the first of October. 16S7
Samuel Barker the Son of John Barker & Desire his wife was Born

April!. 23. 16S6
John Carver the son of William Carver & Elizabeth his Wife was

born Desember the first 1683
William the son of William Carver & Elizabeth his Wife was born

October 29 th 1685

126 Reports from State Societies.

Josiah the son of William Carver & Elizabeth his wife was born

february the 2 d 16S7
Abigail the Daughter of Jacob Dingley & Elizabeth his wife was

born the i6 :h day of July 16S7 ,
Mercy the Daughter of Anthony Eames & Mercy his wife was Bourn.

October. 1. 16S7
Elenor the Daughter of Samuel Baker & Patience his wife was born

April 10 1679
Josias Baker son of Samuel Baker and Patience his wife was born

feb. 1. 1685
Deborah the Daughter of John Sherman & Jane his wife was born

the 4 th day of Sept 1689
Anthony Eames & Marcy Sawyer were Married Desember 2 d . 16S6.
Joseph Otis and Dorothy Thomas were Married the 20 th day of

November 16SS. by M r Thomas Mighell Minester
John Dogett and Mehittabell Trewant were Married On the twenty-
third day of September 1691
John Croade and Deborah Thomas were Married the first day of

Desember 1692 by M r Samuel Arnold Minester
Samuel Little & Sarah Gray were Married before M r Alden May 18 th

1682
M r Nathaniel Thomas & M rs Mary Appleton were Maried June the

20 th . 1694. by M( r ) John Rogers Mines(ter)
John Sawye(r &) Rebecka Sn(ow) were Conjoyn(ed) in Marriage

(worn) 23 d 1694 b(y) M r Weld M(inester)
Samuell Ba (worn) and Sarah (zvorn) were Marr (ivorn) the 27 (worn)

( To be continued.)

REPORTS FROM STATE SOCIETIES.

MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY.

The twenty-ninth meeting of the Massachusetts Society was held at
the Hotel Vendome, Boston, on Thursday afternoon, 13 February, 1902.
Hon. Lyman D. Brewster, the Governor of the Connecticut Society
delivered an address on "William Brewster. His True Position in our
Colonial History." Hon. Henry S. Washburn read an original poem
entitled "The Pilgrim Lovers, A Legend of Cape Cod." Rev. George
R. W. Scott. D.D., made an appeal for contributions to help pay the
debt on the John Robinson Memorial Church at Gainsborough, England.
The Society, by vote, appropriated fifty dollars for this purpose, and a
committee composed of Mr. Charles A. Hopkins, Rev. Frederick B.
Allen and Mr. J. Weston Allen, was appointed to solicit additional con-
tributions from the members. Several songs were given by Mr. Harry
Goodhue, and the usual informal reception followed. Two hundred and
fifty-eight members and guests were present.

Reports from State Societies. 127

Donations to the Library and Cabinet.

Photograph of a Portrait of Mrs. Mercy (Hinckley) Prince, from Mr.
Arthur Harlow.

Four Photographs of Mr. Daniel Cushman, over ninety years of age,
from Miss Mary Trow.

" Ancestors and Descendants of Joseph Wescot Tinker," from the
compiler, Mr. Frederick James Libbie.

" Second Congregational Church, Manomet. Mass., Anniversary Cele-
bration. 173S-1S9S," and " Dying and Behold We Live," both from the
author, Rev. Haig Adadourian.

"The Litchfield Family in America, Part I, Xo. 1," from the compiler,
Mr. Wilford J. Litchfield.'

44 Elder William Brewster, A Monograph," from the author, Mr.
William Howell Read.

" Roger Conant in America as Governor and Citizen," from the
author, Mrs. Sarah S. Bartlet.

"Cambridge Concordance" (London, 1698), from Mrs. Godfrey
Ryder.

Members Elected.

February 12, 1902.

694. Thomas Sedgwick Steele, Boston, eighth from William Bradford.

695. Mrs. Chalmers Meek Williamson, Jackson, Miss., eighth from

William Bradford.

696. Mrs. Donald Purple Hart, Boston, ninth from William Bradford.

697. Joseph Aldrich Bursley, Fort Wayne, Ind., ninth from John How-

land.

698. Mrs. Justice H. Bowman, Toledo, O., eighth from John Alden.

699. Mrs. Leslie Clark Wead, Brookline, eighth from Henry Samson.

700. Lawrence Whitcomb, Brookline, eighth from Henry Samson.

701. William Stearns Simmons, Sharon, ninth from John Alden.
March 27, 1902.

702. Miss Ella Agnes Bush, Boston, ninth from Myles Standish.

703. Mrs. Grant Charles Madill, Ogdensburg, N. Y., ninth from

William Bradford.

704. Mrs. Henry Hobart Porter, Jr., Lawrence, Long Island, N. Y.,

tenth from William Bradford.

705. Mrs. Edward Livingston Davis, Boston, eighth from Stephen

Hopkins.

706. Miss Mary Goddard Fuller, Boston, eighth from Edward Fuller,

seventh from Samuel 2 Fuller.

707. George Batcheller Perkins, Boston, ninth from William Bradford.

708. Charles Brooks Perkins, Brookline, ninth from William Bradford.

709. Mrs. Charles Brooks Perkins, Boston, ninth from William Brewster.

710. Miss Adeline Amelia Bigelow, Boston, eighth from John Alden.

Supplemental Lines Filed,

January, 1902.

579. Boylston A. Beal, ninth from John Alden: ninth from William

Brewster ; eighth from George Soule.
667. George A. Dary, ninth from John Billington, eighth from Francis

Billington.

128 Pilgrim Xotes and Queries.

March, 1902.

155. Mrs. Burr Porter, seventh from George Soule.

266. Edwin S. Crandon, ninth from George Soule.

267. Mrs. Edward Y. Swift, eighth from John Howland ; eighth from

Richard Warren.
636. Stephen D. Salmon, ninth from John Alden.

PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY.

The Annual Dinner of the Society was held at the Hotel Stratford,
Philadelphia, on Thursday, January 23, 1902.

At a meeting held February 6, 1902, the Treasurer, Mr. James
Mauran Rhodes resigned, and was then elected Second Deputy Governor.
Mr. James Mauran Rhodes, Jr., was elected Treasurer, to fill the
vacancy.

PILGRIM NOTES AND QUERIES.
Notes.

The Colonial Research Fund. Our readers are reminded that
every copy of the " Freeman Genealogy " and " The Ancient Estate of
Governor William Bradford " and every set of " Ancestral Charts " sold
by the Massachusetts Society, as stated in our advertising pages, helps
along the Colonial Research Work, since the entire proceeds are added
to the Colonial Research Fund.

The following additional contributions to the $2000.00 Fund have
been received: Charles S. Cook, 5 100.00 ; The Rhode Island Society of
Mayflower Descendants, S25.00: Miss Emma C. B. Jones, $2.00; Pre-
viously acknowledged, $545.00; Total, $672.00.

The Mayflower Genealogies. In order to bring the magazine up
to date it has been found necessary to postpone the publication of the first
installment of " Stephen Hopkins and His Descendants." We now hope
to have it ready for the October number, which we expect to issue early
in October.

Vital Statistics of the Mayflower Passengers. Additional
data from Original Records. (See Vol. II, pp. 114. 254.)

Isaac Allerton was born about 1586.

Sarah {Collier) (Brewster) Parke, double widow of Love Brewster
and Richard Parke, was born about 161 5, and died at Plymouth 26
April /6 May, 1691.

Mary ( — ) Brown, widow of Peter Brown, was living at Plymouth

2/12 January, 1633/4.

Hester ( ) Cooke, widow of Francis Cooke, died before 18/2$

December, 1675.

Ann (Plununer) Sa?nson, wife of Henry Samson, was living 24
December, 1668/3 January, 1669.

Richard More died at' Salem, after 19/29 March, 1693/4. His first
wife, Christian (Hunt) More, was born about 161 6, and died at Salem,
18/28 March, 1676/7. He married, second, Jane' 2 Hollingsworth (Rich-
ard' 1 ), who was born about 1631 and died at Salem, 8/1 S October, 1686.

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PHINEAS PRATT OF PLYMOUTH AND
CHARLESTOWN.

{Concluded from page gS.)

1646, September 17. "The .17. of y e .7. month .1646.
phineas prate came before y e Goue r and acknowledged the sale
of his house & land, with all y e appurtenances thertoo belong-
ing ; to John Cooke, according to a deed then exhibited which
they desired might be recorded Also his wife came before y e
Gou r and gaue her consente to y e same sale.

" Allso Samuell Cudberte did y e same day & year aboue
writen, freely relinquish all y e clairne, title, or Intrest, that he
euer had, or might pretend to haue, to any parte, or parcell of
y e lands afforsaid As also from those for which they were
exchanged with m r prence. And did freely giue, grante, and
make ouer all ye right, and Intreste that he euer had, or here-
after, should haue, or at any time might pretend to haue, to
any parte or parcell of y e lands aforesaid, and those mentioned
in y e deede Insuing to Phineas Prate, & his heires, & assignes
for euer ; for his, & their onely proper vse & behoof e.

William Bradford Gou r " *

The .26. of August .1646.

These presents doe witnes that Phineas Prate of Plimoth Joyner, for
& in consideration of y e same of twenty pounds sterl : to be payed by John
Cooke Jun of plimoth afforesaid planter, in maner & forme following, that
5s to say fiue pounds to be payed in cloathing within one month nexte after
y« date hearof fiue pounds in march next, either in wheat, or comodities,
fiue pounds in a milch cowe as shee shall be prised by .2. Indifferent men
chosen by either party one, and y e last .5 U . this time twelfe months. Hath
freely and absolutiy barganined and sould, & by these presents doth
bargaine & sell vnto the said John Cooke, all yt his house, & howsing, and

♦The autograph of Governor Bradford is appended to the original entry.

129

130 PJiineas Pratt of Plymouth a?id Charles town.

gardine place and orchard (excepting y e fruite trees now growing therin,
or so many of them to be deliured to the said Phineas, or his assignes
when he shall demande them, so it be in due time) and fit tie acres of
vpland tow acres of meadow at Joanes riuer, and all and singuler the
appurtenances thervnto belonging, and all his right, tide, & Interest of
& into y e same, & euery parte, & parcell thereof ; to haue & to hold the
said house, housing, garden, and orchard (excepting before excepted)
the fiftie Acers of vpland, and y e .2. Acres of meadow at Joans riuer, with
the sixe Acres of vpland meadow, at the great meadow with all, & euery
their appurtenances, vnto the said John Cooke, his heirs, & assignes, for
euer. and to the onely proper vse, & behofe of him the said John Cooke,
his heires and assignes for euer, and with warranties against all people,
from by or vnder him, claiming any righte, tide, or Interest of, & into
the said premises or any parte or parcell therof, and espetially against
Samuell Cudberte his heirs, & assignes for euer by these presents ; And
the said Phineas Prate doth further Couenante and grant by these
presents, that it shall & may be lawfull too, & for the said John Cooke
either by him selfe, or his Atturney to enrole, or recorde the tide or
tenure of these before the Gouernour for y e time being, according to y e
vsuall order & manor of enrolling & recording deeds, & euidences in his
Ma tias Court at plimodi in shuch case made, & prouided In witnes wherof
the said Phineas Prate hath herevnto sett his hand & seale the day & year
first aboue writen

In ye presence of Phineas Prate

Ral'fe Whoory
William Pady
Thomas Willet
Nathanell Sowther

And in consideration of ye sume of .2s. 6 d . to y e said Phineas Prate
in hand paid hath freely, & absolutly bargained & sould vnto y e said John
Cooke all his right tide & Interest, of & into any lands lying at the head
or ende, of y e afforesaid bargained premises before the sealing and delivery
of these presents. [Plym. Col. Deeds, 1 : 224]

1650, October 24. Thomas Prence sells to John Cooke,
Jr., " two acars of mersh meddow bee it more or lesse lying
before the house and land of the Elder Cushman at Joaneses
riuer next vnto a p r cell of meddow which was samtimes Phenias
Prats ; " [Plym. Col. Deeds, 1 : 329]

The same year (no minor dates given) in recording the
bounds of a grant of land in 1641 to John Cooke, Jr., at
" Rockey nooke," reference is made to " the lots adioyning
which the said John Cook hath bought of Phenias Prat ; "
[Plym. Col. Deeds, I: 350]

1658, June 5. "June the fift 1658 liberty was graunted
by the Court vnto Phenias Prat or any for him to looke out
a p r cell or tract of land to accomodate him and his Posterite
withall together with other ffreemen ; or alone as hee shall
think meet and to make reporte of the same vnto the Court ;
that soe a Considerable proportion thereof may bee Confeirmed
vnto him;" [Court Orders, III: 139]

Phineas Pratt of Plymouth and Charlestozun. 1 3 r

1664, June 8. " In reference vnto the Request of Phineas
Pratte ; and the Elder Bates in the behalf e of the Children
of Clement Briggs ; That wheras they the said Phineas Pratt
and Clement Briggs haue not had theire proportions of land with
others of this Jurisdiction formerly Called Purchassers or old
Comers ; That they might haue some Consideration of land
in that respect in a p r cell or tract of land lying neare vnto the
line betwixt the massachusetts Jurisdiction and vs neare vnto
Waymouth ; The Court Doth graunt vnto the said Phineas
Pratt and vnto two of the said Clement Briggs his sonnes viz :
Dauid Briggs and Remember Briggs three hundred and fifty
acrees of the said lands with all and singulare the appurtenances
thervnto belonging vnto them and theire heires and assignes
for euer viz : vnto the said Phineas Pratt two p r tes of three
of the said three hundred and fifty acrees ; and the remainder
therof vnto the two sonnes of the said Clement Briggs afor-
named and this to bee layed forth for them by John Jacob of
hingham and John Whitmarsh of Waymouth and in'case any
Indian or Indians shall heerafter lay claime vnto the said lands
That the said Phineas Prat and the Elder Bates stand bound
to the Court to answare the Charge of the Purchase therof and
all other nessesary Charges about the said land ; "

marginal note : —

"this land was layed out afterwards by order of the court
by John Whitmarsh and John Jacob and is att the Path that
leads from Waymouth to Bridgwater ; as it is said a litle
brooke running through the same" [Court Orders, IV: 75]

1664, October 4. James Lovell, of Weymouth, desires to
take up land " neare the place where Phenias Prat and the
sonnes of Clement Briggs were accomodated ; between theire
land and the line of the Pattent ; " [Court Orders, IV : 82]

1665, June 7. "A Certaine p r cell of meddow or such
swampy ground as tendeth towards meddow is graunted by
the Court vnto Pheneas Pratt and James Louell lying on the
westerly side of Phenias Pratts land that was graunted vnto
him the last June Court neare vnto the line betwixt the Massa-
chusetts and this Jurisdiction the said p r cell being about foure
or fiue acrees bee it more or lesse to bee equally Deuided
betwixt them the said Pheneas Pratt and James Louell to them
and theire heires and assignes for euer" [Court Orders, IV:
102]

1668, October 29. "In Reference vnto the Request of
James Lovell for to haue an addition of swampey land neare

132 Phincas Pratt cf Plymouth and Charlestown.

vnto his land hee hath in the right of m r Nathaniel Souther
The Court haue ordered that m r Constant Southworth and
Cornett Studson shall view the said land and alowe him twelue
acrees therof ; besides that which hee hath alreddy graunted
vnto him with Phenias Pratt ; " [Court Orders, V : 3]

1672/3, January 1. Phineas and Mary Pratt, of Charies-
town, sell to John Shaw, Sr., of Weymouth, the land granted
by the Court June 8, 1664, and June 7, 1665. [Plym. Col.
Deeds, III : 271]

The foregoing records are inter- *

esting as determining within a com- / f &^%,'\ 4 j&f vdf*a &
paratively brief period the time of ** r^, v

Phineas' settling at and leaving Ply- S%/t^f~ ~f*f^-

mouth, as indicating the part of the f ** / S

town in which he lived and as show- Frorn his wil1 dated Januarys, i6 77 /s.
ing that he was regarded as one of the "old comers " or " Pur-
chasers " of Plymouth. But their chief interest and value is
in serving to identify his wife and to fix the approximate date
of his marriage. These two interesting details are dwelt upon
later.

From Plymouth he removed to Charlestown, where, on May
20, 1648, he bought a house and garden from George Bunker.
It is impossible to say just when he left Plymouth. He sold
his home there August 26, 1646, and is described in the deed
as being "of Plimoth." On September 17, three weeks later,
he and his wife appeared before the Governor, he to ask to
have the deed recorded and she to give her consent to the sale,
so they were no doubt still living there at that time. He is
described in the Charlestown deed as being an inhabitant "in
the same towne " as the grantor, i. e., Charlestown. He must,
therefore, have left Plymouth in the interval between the re-
cording of the Plymouth deed September 17, 1646, and the
purchase of the Charlestown property May 20, 1648.

The entry made in the records by John Greene, town clerk,
concerning the transfer of the Charlestown house and land is
as follows : —

A sale of a House and a garden in Charltowne By George Bunker vnto
Phinias Prat the 20th of the 3 d month 1648.

Know all men by these presents That I George Bunker Inhabitant in
Charltowne have sould assigned and set over, and by this declare that I
doe sell assign and set over unto Phinias Prat Inhabitant in the same
towne A House or Tenement with a garden to it adioyning : which house
and garden stands and is scituate in Charltowne in the great through fare
street which goes from the Neck of land into the market place, this hous
and garden stands right over against the way that goes up to the windmili

Phineas Pratt of Plymouth and CJiarlestown. 133

hill, and that way which goes intoo elbow lane, the house is bounded on
the front by the street way, or by the west, and the hous and garden is
bounded East by the back street which goes to the pitt where the Beasts
drinke, and where the Creek begins w ct » runs on the back syde of the
maiors garden into Charls River, and it is bounded Northward by samuell
Howard, and south ward by Thomas Carter senio 1 ": Alsoe I Georg Bunker
doe acknowledg my selfe to bee fully payd and satisfied for this sayd hous
and garden, And 1 doe heer by resigne all my Right, Titell, and interest
vnto the sayd house and garden vnto the sayd Phinias Prat to be his and

his heigres for ever.

John Greene.

[Charlestown Book of Possessions, 117]

This property was sold April 10, 171.1, to Benjamin Law-
rence by Phineas' son Joseph who inherited it. [Middlesex Co.
Deeds, XV: 501]

On March 1, 1657/8, there was a division of land in ac-
cordance with " The Returne of the Committee, Apoynted by
the Inhabitants of Charltowne, for the division, of the wood
and Commons one Mistick syde," and Phineas drew lot No. 54
containing 2\ commons and a certain proportion of woodland.
[Book of Possessions, 87]

In 1662 he presented to the General Court of the Massa-
chusetts Bay Colony that interesting and valuable paper which
he called "A Decliration of the Afaires of the Einglish People
[that first] Inhabited New Eingland." Either accompanying
or following this document was a petition on which the General
Court took the following action May 7 of the same year
(1662): —

In Ans r :to. ye petition of. phineas Prat, of charls Toune. who presented
this Court w* a narrative of the streights & hardships that the first planters
of this - Colony vnderwent in their endeavors to plant themselves at pli-
mouth. & since wherof he was. one The Court judgeth it meet to Graunt
him Three, hundred acres of land where it is to be had not hindering a
plantation *

A few years later, June 1, 1665, there is the following
entry in the Court records : —

Layd out to Phineas Pratt of Charls Toune three hundred acres of
land (more or lesse). in the wilderness, on the East of merremack Riuer
neere the vpper end of Nacooke brooke on the South East of it it begins
at a great sare Pjne standing anent the midle of nacooke pond & joyneth.
to the ljne of hue hundred acres of land lately granted to the Toune of
Billirrikey on the south of it ninety sixe pole & so continues a streight ljne
two hundred & sixe pole further vnto a white oake bounded w* P from
thence it turnes vnder the side of a great hill one hundred fifty & two pole
vnto another white oake marked wth p. which stands on the North side of
an other great hill. & on the south Comer of a little swampe from thence

♦ Mass. Eay Reds., IV: 402.

134 Phineas Pratt of Plymouth and Charlcsto'

vn.

it runns neere the west & by south, two hundred pole to a great Red oake
bounded as before, from thence the closing ljne to the first Pine is two
hundred & ninety pole, the exact forme of it together w* the rule of
finding the exact lines is fully demonstrated by this inclosed plott taken
of the same 20 8mo 1664.

By Jonathan Danforth. survejo 1 "
The Court Allows & approoues of this Returne.*

In October, 1668, Phineas, then about 75 years old,
presented another petition to the General Court in which, while
expressing his thankfulness for the grant of land made him
three years before in answer to his first petition, he refers to
his physical infirmities and present lack of the actual necessities
of life and entreats that he may receive some measure of sup-
port in his old age. " Yet my necessity causeth me farther to
entreat you," he writes, and there is here an intimation that
his first petition had not been answered quite as he ex-
pected — that he had asked for bread and had been given a
stone in the shape of three hundred acres of land in the
wilderness. The Court acted unfavorably on the petition now-
presented, not recognizing his claim to further assistance. This
paper does not appear in the Court records and a careful search
fails to find it among the unpublished State Archives. It is
reprinted here from an article by Mr. Richard Frothingham,
Jr., in the Massachusetts Historical Society Collections (Fourth
Series, IV, 487), in which it was printed for the first time from
the original, then evidently in Mr. Frothingham's hands, with
the following prefatory note, viz: — "This Petition is printed
from a manuscript of the date of 1668, as is evident from the
autograph attestation of Torrey and Pyncheon, though it is so
unlike the « Declaration,' both in composition and chirography,
as to make it certain that it is not in the handwriting of Pratt."

To the Honoured the Generall Court, holden at Boston, this Oct. 1668.

I acknowledg my self truly thankfull unto the Honoured Court for that
they gave me at the time I presented an History called, A declaration of
the affaires of the English people, that first inhabited New England. Yet
my necessity causeth me farther to entreat you to consider what my service
hath been unto my dread Soveraign Lord King James of famous memory.
I am one of that litle number, ten men that arrived in Massachusets Bay
for the selling of a Plantation, & am the remainder of the forlorn hope sixty
men. We bought the south part of the Bay of Aberdecest their Sachem.
Ten of our company died of famine. Then said y e Natives of the Coun-
trey, let us kill them, whilst they are weak, or they will possesse our
Countrey, & drive us away. Three times we fought with them, thirty miles
I was pursued for my life, in time of frost, and snow, as a deer chased
with wolves. Two cf our men were kill'd in warr, one shot in the shoulder.
It was not by the wit of man, nor by ye strength of the arme of flesh, that

♦Ibid., IV: 471.

Pkineas Pratt of Plymouth and Charles town. 135

we prevailed against them. But God, that overrules all power, put fear
in their hearts. And now seeing God hath added a New England to old
Engl, and given both to our dread Soverg Lord King Charles the second,
many thousand people enjoy the peace thereof ; Now in times of prosperity,
I beseech you consider the day of small things ; for I was almost frozen
in time of our weak beginnings, and now am lame. My humble request is
for that may be for my subsistence the remaining time of my life. And I
shall be obliged.

Your thankfull servant,

Phinehas Pratt
The Deputyes Doe not Judge meete to graunt this petition, w th ref-
ference to the consent of o r Hono ed magis^. hereto.

William Torrey, Cleric.
The Magistrates consent \v th their bretheren the Deputy's.

Jo : Pynchon, P r Curiam.

Phineas had apparently reached a point where he required
assistance. He was old and he was lame, a condition which
materially impaired his ability to provide for himself. The
Selectmen of Charlestown came to his relief in a most generous
manner, as the following extracts from the town orders will
show, and the assistance granted Phineas during his lifetime
was extended to his widow.

1668/9, January 25. "Also ordered Counstab le . Jn°. Hay-
man to supply Phineas Pratt with so much as his p r sent low
Conditio, may require." [Charlestown Town Orders, III : 96]

1669, March 26. "This day also m r Rand 11 . Nicholes was
desired to deliver to Phineas Pratt 200 foote of good bords fitt
for his use this on the townes Acco". to be repaid him in
season." [Town Orders, III : 100]

1677, October 1. "Order to Zech. Johnson Constable to
pay to y e Necessity of ffather Prat forty shillings in pay as
sutable as he can & place it to y e townes AccoV [Town
Orders, III : 205]

1678, December 4. " Ordered Severall Bills to be graunted
viz Two of 20 s . Each to Tho : Smith 2d. Counts for keeping
Swains Childe To Good. wf. Parker a Bill to Goodm : Clew
for 20 s for her p r s* relief To Goodm Pratt a Bill for 40 s .

pr J R Recorder"*

1679, October 6. "Ord r d. y l 20 s . In mony be given
Phenius. Pratt for his releefe. & this to be payd by Constable.
Newell

By y e ord r of y e Selectmen J : N R "f

1679, December 14. "Ord r d. y t Phenius. Pratt, hath

twenty shillings In mony allowed for his Releife. payd by J N :

J:N: R:"t

* Town Orders, IV : 2. f Ibid., IV: 16. * Ibid., IV : 17.

136 Phineas. Pratt of Plymouth a?id Charlestown.

Phineas' wife was Mary, daughter of Degory and Sarah
(Allerton) (Vincent) Priest. She was born in Leyden, Holland,
probably within a year or two after the marriage of her parents
November 4, 1.611. Neither she nor her sister nor mother
came with Degory Priest in the Mayflower to Plymouth in
1620. After her husband's death there on January 1, 1620/21,
the widow married Godbert Godbertson at Leyden November
13, 1 62 1, and, with her two daughters, Mary and Sarah Priest,
came with him to Plymouth in the Anne in 1623.

There Mary Priest met and married Phineas Pratt. It has
been frequently stated that they were married in 1630. There
is not a particle of evidence in the Plymouth records to support
this statement, though it must be admitted that neither is there
any evidence to disprove it. The most the records prove is
that they were married after the division of cattle May 22,
1627, and before Godbert Godbert son's death, which occurred
prior to October 24, 1633, the date of the inventory of his
estate. [Mfr. Desc, I: 154]

The division of land in 1623 contains the names of the
heads of families only, but the division of cattle May 22, 1627,
contains the names of all persons in the colony at the time
(except possibly some of the servants), grouped in families.
Thus, in the Godbertson family, we find Godbert Godbertson,
Sarah Godbertson, Samuel Godbertson, Mary Priest and Sarah
Priest. The order in which the names of the sisters occur
indicates that Mary was the older, for, in those cases where
the relative ages of the children are known, the children are
found arranged in order of birth, the males first.

Phineas died in Charlestown April 19, 1680, and a stone
still marks the spot where he is buried in the Old Burying
Ground. He was born about 1593, as is shown by his deposi-
tion already printed in this magazine. [II : 46]. His wife
survived him, dying probably just prior to July 22 y 1689, for
on that date there is the following entry in the town orders : —

Then M r Jacob Green Sen*" & M r Eleaz** Phillips were & are Impowered
to Apprize the goods of Widd. Pratt who lately deed at Tho Barbar. and
to dispose of the same for the sattisring her Debt to Tho. Barbars wife. &
as their discretion shall direct them. And so to make returne thereof to the
selectmen at their next meeting

By ord r of the selectMen

Jn° Newell *

It is evident from this item that the provision in Phineas'
will for the permanent use by his widow of a room in their

* Town Orders, IV : 93.

P June as Pratt of Plymouth and Charlestown. 137

house had, probably by an agreement between the mother and
son, either not been carried out or the arrangement had been
terminated.

During his long residence in Charlestown Phineas appears
only once in the land records as grantor and that is on January
21, 1662/3, when he and his wife Mar}- sold to John Smith a
wood lot in Charlestown's further common.* On December
31, 1 68 1, Mary Pratt, Phineas* widow, and her son Joseph sold
to Solomon and Samuel Phip[p]s a cow common within the
limits of the Charlestown stinted common on the south side
of Mystic River.f On January 1, 1681/2, Joseph sold to John
Simpson a certain piece of land in Charlestown and the deed
was signed not only by Joseph but also by Mary Pratt, his
mother, and Dorcas Pratt, his wife, as interested parties,
although Joseph is the only grantor mentioned in the body
of the deed. $ On February 14, 16S0/81, there was a division
"of the Stinted Comon 3 in Charles Towne on this Side Mistick
river," among the proprietors thereof and Mary and Joseph
were jointly allotted one common containing an acre and a
half.§

The two following items from the town orders show that
the aid given Phineas was generously extended to his widow : —

1683/4, February 5. "Then orderd Twenty. Shill. vnto
Widow Pratt & Twenty Shill to Wido Davie wch is for their
releifes." [Town Orders, IV : 56]

1686/7, March 7. "Then Agreed y* M r Jn° Call Supply
the Wido Pratt wth what she needs for her releife : Like wise
to supply Tho Orton & Tho March wth Bread " (Town Orders,
IV: 84]

Phineas' will|| was made January 8, i6yy/8, and probated
June 15, 1680. An inventory]! of his estate was made May
21, 1680, and presented in Court June 15, 1680. From it we
learn that the widow had been appointed executrix. For some
reason the 300 acres of land granted him by the General Court
in 1662 and laid out in 1665 were not included in the inventory.
Daniel Fletcher was appointed administrator of this portion of
the estate December 28, 1722, and on May 6, 1723, Henry
Farwell, Joseph Blanchard and Thomas Blanchard were ap-

* Middlesex Co. Deeds, X : 136. t Ibid., VIII : 499.
I Ibid., IX : 245. § Book of Possessions, 235, 236.
|| Middlesex Co. Probate Files, First Series, No. 12,762.

Sam 1 . Pratt of Middlebury Wheel-
wright William Swan of Camb e .
< Husbandman Will: Thomas of

138 Pkineas Pratt of Plymouth and Charlestown.

pointed to appraise this property. They reported on November
25, 1723, that they valued it at .£135. One of the most inter-
esting and valuable papers connected with the settlement of
the estate is that dated July 31, 1738, and endorsed "Phineas
Pratts Children."* It is as follows : —

July 31. 1738.

The Return of the Commiss rs appointed to apprize & Destribute the
Real Estate of Phinehas Pratt late of Charlstown Dec'd — (Commission
wanting) read — present, sundry of the Heirs.

memorand™ — say To the Children severally (if Liveing) or to their
Heirs (if Deceas'd)

& Peter Dead} Er g° — sa y onl y to & tlr Heirs each to g ive Bond to

refund, &c.

Each one his share to be allotted to him when he shall have given Bond

to refund, &c,

Is p d 5 settlement & 6/ for 6 Bonds. p d by James Pern;

John Pratt Deed "

Sam*

Daniel > Sureties

Peter Deed Middleborough Gentleman James

Mary J ^ Perry of Charlestown Chairmaker.

Joseph y

Aaron > their shares bought by Dan 1 : Fletcher

Mercy )

Reed, settlement, Recording, Bond &c 14. p d . by Will: Swan.

charges of settlement advanced

by Sam. Pratt 26 — 14 — 3

by W m Thomas 10—03 — o

by W 1 " Swan 3 — 14 — o

by James Perry 1 1 — 1 5 — 6

1/9* whereof is 5 — 16 — 33-.
Commission not returned.

The estate was settled in this year (1738). A remarkable
feature is the unusual period, fifty-eight years, which intervened
between Phineas' death and the final division.

The children of Phineas and Mary (Priest) Pratt were : —
1. John, married Ann (or Anna), daughter of John and
Anna (Williams) Barker, in or before 1664. The information
regarding Ann's parents was not secured until after the print-
ing of the article on her husband, John Pratt, in the third
volume of this magazine. 2. Samuel. 3. Daniel. 4. Peter.
5. Mary. 6. Joseph. 7. Aaron. 8. Mercy.

♦Middlesex Co. Probate Files, First Series, No. 12,762.

Phineas Pratt of Plymouth and Charlestoivn. 1 39

WILL.*

I Phinias Pratt of Charlstown in the Countie of Midellsex Joyner being
very aged and Crazye of body y.ett in my pfect memory and vnderstanding
doe make This my last will and Teastamoen

Item I giue vnto my belouied wife Mary Pratt all my mouabl goods
and fortie Shillings a year to be payed oute of my land in Charlstowne
and the use of the gardon for term of hir life : this fortie Shillings is to
be payed by my sonn Joseph Pratt for and in consideration of the hauing
of my land and my wif is to haue a conuenient room of my sonn Joseph
with a chimny in it to hir content to liue in fo r term of hir life. w th °-t
molestation or trubl ; but If my sonn Joseph doeth not perform this will
that then my wif Mary Prat shall haue" the one half of the land to hir
Dispossing fo r hir best comfort: it is to be vnderstod that the one half
wch the new hous standeth one is giuen to Joseph vpon the condistion of
prouiding of a conuenient room fo r me and my wife fo r term of our liues
and this other half fo r the paying of the fortie Shillings a year paying it
quartterly that is to say ten shllig a quarter in mony and fier wood at
mony price and If ther be any thing left at the death of my wife it
shalbe equally deuided a mung all my children.

this eight of Jeneary 1677 . Phinehas Pratt

Sealed and deliuerd in the
presents of L T se

Walter Alen

the marke of

Rebeack Alen

1 5 : 4 : 80 : Sworn in Court pr Walter Allen
J:R:C:

INVENTORY.

Ann Innvytory of the Estat of Phinias Prat of Charlstown deceased

a psell of land 18

n primis in woolen clothes of his 01

t in linning shirts 00

t 8 pillober & 5 napkins 00

t 5 sheetts 01

t 4 blanckitts & 2 rugs 02

t a bed boulster & pillo 02

t a small bed . 00

t 2 culbards 2 Chests one box 01

t peuter 02

t 2 bras Skillitts 5 s a warmg pan 5s 00

t 2 lorn potts on Skillit 00

t 2 lorn keettells 01

t a tramil & fring pan 00

t a small tabell 2 chayers 00

t a p r of hose 2 bages 00

t earthen war 5 trenchers 00

t wooden ware 00

t a hachit a houldfast a froue 00

* See illustration facing page 129.

13*

09
06

00
00

140 East ham a??d Orleans , A/ass., Vital Records.

It lumber 00 16

It bookes 00 08

00 1 o 00

16 16 06

34 16 06
thes goods are prized by
Larenc Dowce & henery Balcom
the 21 13: 16S0
15 : 4 : 80 Sworn in Court by the executrix Mar)' Pratt

as attest, Tho : Danforth. R.
Added. 4. 12. 81. Cow comon in charlstown stinted comon. 06 00 00

EASTHAM AND ORLEANS, MASS., VITAL RECORDS.

{Continued from page 34.)

[p. 23] Steven Merick and Mercy Bangs weare Maried the 28 th of

December in the yeare 1670
Steven Merick the sonn of Steven merick was borne the 26 th day of

March 1673
Richard Webber and Sarrah Strout were Married by m r Sam 11 Treat

march y e 4 th 1707/8
Nathan 11 Mayo Ju r and Ruth Doane were married by M r Sam 11 Treat

July y e 13 th 17 10
Elisabeth Mayo the Daughter of Nathanael and Ruth Mayo was

born at Eastham on the twenty ninth day of September Anno

Domini 17 12
Nathanael Mayo the son of Nathanael and Ruth Mayo was Born at

Eastham on the twenty fourth day of august anno 1714
abigaile mayo the daughter of Nathanael and Ruth Mayo was Born

at Eastham on y e twenty fourth day of September anno domini :

1716
Ruth mayo the daughter of Nathanael and Ruth Mayo was Born at

Eastham on the Seventeenth Day of November anno domini :

1719
Abigail mayo the daughter of Nathanael and Ruth Mayo dyed

March y« 8 th 172^
Jeremiah Smith and Hannah atwood was maried the, 3 d . of Jenuarie

in the year : 1677
Mercy Smith the daughter of Jeremiah Smith was borne the: 17 th .

of feburarie -.1678
Abigaell Smith the daughter of Jeremiah Smith was borne the first

day of June : 1681
Jeremiah Smith the sonne of Jeremiah Smith was borne the 18 th of

Agust 1685

East ham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records. 141

Hannah Smith the daughter of Jeremiah and Hannah Smith was

Borne at Eastham : about the middle of September in the year

Sixteen hundred ninety and one :
Jeremiah Smith Senior dyed on the 29 th day of April Anno Dom

1706
Hanah Smith Widdow of Jeremiah Smith Deceased dyed on the

twenty ninth day of March Anno domini 1729
George luis the Son of Thomas and Jone lewis was Born at Eastham

anno Dom 1691 on the sixth day of may
Nathanael lewis the son of Thomas and Jone lewis was Born at

Eastham on the 31 th day of march anno Dom : 1696
Rebecca Lewis the daughter of Thomas and Tone lewis was Born at

Eastham on the 17 th day of march anno Dom : 169I
Beniamin Lewis the son of Thomas and Jone lewis was at Eastham

on the 8 th day of October anno Domini 1700
Sarah Lewis the daughter of Thomas and Jone lewis was Born at

Eastham on the 2 nd day of June anno : dom : 1702
apphia Lewis the Daughter of Thomas and Jone lewis was Born at

Eastham on the 9 th day of may anno dom 1704

[p. 23 s ] Eldad attwood and anna Snow weare Maried the : 14 th : of

feburarie 1683
Marie attwood the daughter of Eldad attwood was borne the latter

end of November in the yeare ; 1684
John Atwood the Son of Eldad and Anne Atwood was born the

tenth day of August 1686
Anne Atwood the Daughter of Eldad and Anne Atwood was Born in

January 1687/8
Deborah atwood the Daughter of Eldad and Anne Atwood was born

in March 1690
Sarah Atwood the Daughter of Eldad and Anne Atwood was Born in

April 1792 *
Eldad Atwood the Son of Eldad and Anne Atwood was Born July

the ninth 1695
Ebenezer Atwood the Son of Eldad and Anne Atwood was born in

march 1697/8
Beniamen Atwood the Son of Eldad and Anne Atwood was born in

June 1701
Ralph Smith the Son of Thomas and Mary Smith was Born at East-
ham the twenty third day of October annodom 1682
Rebecca Smith the Daughter of Thomas and mary Smith was Born

at Eastham the last day of march Anno dom 1685
Thomas Smith the Son of Thomas Smith was Born at Eastham the

twenty ninth day of Januarie anno dom 1687/8
David Smith the Son of Thomas and mary Smith was Born at East-
ham the latter end of march Anno dom 1691

* This is evidently an error for " 1692."

142 EastJuzm and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records.

Jonathan Smith the Son of Thomas and mary Smith was Born at
Eastham the fifth day of July Anno dom 1693

Isaac Smith the son of Thomas and mary Smith was Born at East-
ham the 3 d day of June 1695 -

Jesse Smith the Son of Thomas and mar}* Smith was Born at East-
ham the 31 st day of January Anno dom 1703/4

Isaac Smith the Son of Thomas and mar)- Smith dyed the 26 th day
of april Anno : 1704

Maty Smith Widdow and relict of Thomas Smith Dyed on the 22 nd
day of March anno domini 1726/7

John Higgins and Hannah Mayo were married by M r Samuell Treat
on the fifth day of august anno Domini 11713

John Taylor and abigaile Hopkins were married by M r Samuel
Treat on the third day of September anno Domini : 17 13 *

Abiah Harding and Rebecca young were married by M r Samuell
Treat on the twenty fourth day of September anno Domini 17 13

[p. 24] John Knowles and Apphiah Bangs weare Maried the 28 th of

.December in the yeare 1670
Eadward knowles the sonn of John knowles was borne the 7 th day of

November in the yeare 1671
John knowles the sonn of John knowles was borne the 10 th day of

July in the yeare 1673
John knowles a daughter named Rebecah borne the second day of

March in the yeare 1674 ales 75
William Twining Junior and Ruth Cole wear Maried the 2 I th of

March : i6||
William Twining Junior a daughter borne Named Elizabeth agust :

25 th 1690
Thankfull Twining the daughter of William and Ruth Twining was

Borne the eleventh : day : of January in the year : 1696 : 7
Ruth : Twining the daugter of William and Ruth Twining was

Borne at Eastham : the Seaven and twentieth day of august in

the year 1699
Hannah the daughter of William and Ruth Twining was born the 2 d

day of April 1702
William Twining the Son of William and Ruth Twining was Born at

Eastham the Secund day of September in the year 1704
Barnabas Twining the Son of William and Ruth Twining was Born

at Eastham the twenty ninth day of September in the year of

our Lord 1705
Mercy Twining the Daughter of William and Ruth Twining was

born at Eastham the 20 th day of febuary anno 1707/8

( To be continued. )
* This entry has been crossed out.

Major William Bradford's Will and Inventory. 143

MAJOR WILLIAM BRADFORD'S WILL AND
INVENTORY.

Transcribed from the Original Records,
By George Ernest Bowman.

Major William 2 Bradford (Gov. William 1 ) died at Plym-
outh on Saturday, 20 February /2 March, 1703/4. His will and
inventory are found in the Plymouth County Probate Records,
Volume II, pages 40-43.

[p. '40] The Last Will & Testament of William Bradford living
in the Township of Plimouth in the Province of the Massa-
chusets Bay in New England

I the s d William Bradford being Exercised with many
bodily Infirmitys which gives me cause to think the time of
my dissolution to be near being of a disposeing mind & memory
do make ordaine & constitute this my last will & Testament as
followeth.

Imp r : I Commit my soul to God my Creator & my body
to the dust of the Earth to be decently buried in hopes of a
glorious resurection through the meritts of my dear Redeemer
the Lord Jesus Christ. As to what outward Estate it hath
Pleased God to bless me with I dispose of the same as followeth
my debts being all first faithfully fully & truly satisfied and
paid.

Imp r : my Will is that my Loving wife Mary Bradford have
her thirds in my Lands & meadows where I now dwell in the
Township of Plimouth as also in all my lands or meadow which
I have Elce where not by me heretofore disposed of dureing
her naturall life & that she have with David Bradford my son
the house in which I live with the barn & orchard by it during
her life & after her decease that my s d son David Bradford
shall have my s d house barn & orchard to him & his heirs for
ever saveing that my Will is that my sons Ephraim Bradford
& Hezekiah Bradford shall have so much Interest in my s d
house as to have liberty to dwell therein till they can provide
for themselves otherwise.

144 Major William Bradford's Will and Inventory.

ffurther my Will is that my wife before mentioned shall
have a third part of all my goods & Chattells for her own for-
ever togather with a bed & sutable furniture to it

Item to my Eldest son John Bradford I have made over
tracts of Lands and meadows as p r deed under my hand &
seal appeareth whereon he now liveth further I give & be-
queath to him my fathers manuscript viz : a Narrative of the
begining of New Plimouth Pareus upon the Revelations and
Barriffs Military discipline.

Item To my Grandson William Bradford the son of my son
William Bradford deceased I have given tracts of Land & mea-
dow as Appear under my hand & seal further I give to him
when he shall come of age one of M r Perkins his workes.

Item To my son Thomas Bradford I have given a portion
in Lands in Norwich (which were the Lands of my brother
John Bradford) as p r : deed under my hand & seal may Appear.

Item To my son Samuel Bradford I have given tracts of
Land under my hand & seal as may appear ;

Item to my son Joseph Bradford a portion of Lands near
Norwich aforesaid (which was his Mothers & part I Purchased)
as may appear under hand & seal also I give to him the
history of the Netherlands, & a Rapier.

Item I give & bequeath unto my four sons John Bradford
Thomas Bradford Samuel Bradford & Joseph Bradford all that
my Pattent Right which I have to the head of Cape Cod.

Item I give & bequeath to my son Samuel Bradford my
right of Commonage or Common Right which I have in the
Township of Duxbor rough.

.Item It is my Will that my sons Israel Bradford Ephraim
Bradford David Bradford & Hezekiah Bradford shall have all
that my farm or tenement whereon I now dwell togather with
all the fences orchads trees and fruittrees [p. 41] ffruittrees
(Except what is above Excepted) standing or growing thereon
w th all other Lands meadows swamps or right of lands that I
now have within the Township of Plimouth lying on the
Northerly side of the brooke Commonly called stony brooke
with all & singuler the previledges thereof which s d lands
meadows farme or tenement aboves d I do by these presents
give bequeath & demise to my s d four sons, (that is to say
Each of them an Equal part or proportion) to them & their
heirs for ever not to be sold given or made away either the
whole or any part thereof Except to Each other or some bear-
ing the name of the Bradfords decended from me this I give
& bequeath to them hoping they will show themselves very

Major William Bradford's Will and Inventory. 145

Carfull of dutifull & Respectfull to my Loving wife their
mother dureing her life.

Item It is my will that whereas my son Israel Bradford
hath been at charge in building an house upon part of the
afores d farm or tenement that he the s d Israel shall have &
Enjoy the s d house for his own togather with an acre of land
thereunto Adjoining to him & his heirs forever.

Item I will & bequeath to my s d son Israel Bradford my
belt & Rapier.

Item I Give to my son Ephraim Bradford one of my mus-
quetts & a table with drawrs.

Item I Give to my son David Bradford my silver Bowl after
his mothers decease not to be Alienated from the family of the
Bradfords.

Item I Give to my son Hezekiah Bradford my gold ring
& a silver spoone.

Item I Give to my Grandson John Bradford, Dr Willets
works on Gensis & Exodus.

Item I Give to my Grandson William Bradford the son of
John Bradford my silver wine Cup when he Comes of age.

Item I give to my daughter Mercy Steel Hannah Riply
Melatiah Steel Mary Hunt to Each of them beside what portion
I have already given ten shillings a peice to be paid within a
year next after my decease

Item I Give & bequeath to my daughter Alee Fitch a
wrought Cushion that was her Mothers.

Item I Give unto my daughter Sarah Baker two of my
biggest pewter platters & also a China bason. Also a Cow to
be delivered to her within a year after my decease.

Item I Give unto my son Samuel Bradford all my Lattin
bookes, to Encourage him in bringing up one of his sons to
Learning which said bookes it is my Will that they shall by
him be given to his s d son whom he shall so bring up.

Item I Give to Every one of Daughters a good booke
which they may chose out of my Liberary.

Item I give to hannah the wife of my son Samuel Bradford
m r Borroughs upon the Eleventh of Mathew.

Item It is my will that the rest of my bookes be safely
keept by my Executors & In Case my son Samuel shall bring
up one of his sons to Learning to be by s d Executors delivered
to him when he Comes of age.

I do Constitute & Appoint my Loving sons John Bradford
Samuel Bradford & Israel Bradford as Executors of this my
last Will & Testament to pay such debts as I owe, to Receive

146 Major "William Bradford 's Will and Inventory.

my dues and to see my body decently buried, to defray the
charge thereof, And to see my will (as near as they can) in
all the perticulers of it performed, thus hopeing that they will
faithfully perform such a trust Committed unto them I do
Revoke & make void any former will by me at any time here-
tofore made. I the s d [p. 42] I the said William Bradford have
hereunto set my hand & seal this twenty ninth day of June one
thousand seven hundred & three 1703

Signed Sealed & Declared to be William Bradford (Seal)

his Last Will and Testament
In presents of us
John Rogers
Thomas Loring
Ephraim Little Ju r :

Memorand : That on the 10 th day of March Annoq :
Dom : 1 703 the above named Ephraim Little & Thomas
Loring two of the witnesses to this lustrum* : made oath that
they were present with Major W rra : Bradford late deceased &
saw him signe & seal & heard him declare this Instrument to
be his last will & Testament & that he was then of a disposing
mind & memory to the best of their Judgments And on the
29 th day of the same month of march the above named John
Rogers the other Witness above named made oath to the same
before me.

Nathaniel Thomas Judge of Probates

Pli : ss : Nathaniel Thomas Esq : Appointed & Comisionated
Judge of the Probate of Wills & Granting letters of administra-
tion &c : to all unto whome these presents shall Come Greeting
Know yea that on the twenty ninth day of March in the year
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & four Before me at
Plimouth in the County of Plimouth the Will of Major William
Bradford late of Plimouth afores d deceased to these presents
annexed was proved approved & allowed who haveing whilst
he lived & at the time of his death Goods Chattels Rights or
Creditts in the County afores d , And the Probate of the s d will
& power of Comitting administration of all & singuler the
Goods Chattels Rights & Creditts of the s d deceased & also
the hearing Examining & allowing the accompts of the same
by virtue thereof Appertaining unto me The administration of
all the goods Chattels Rights & Creditts of the s d deceased
& his will in any manner Concerning is hereby Comitted unto
John Bradford Samuel Bradford & Israel Bradford sons of the

Major William Bradford's Will and Inventory. 147

s d Deceased & Joynt Executors in the same Will named well
& faithfully to Execute the s d will and to administer the
Estate of the s d deceased according thereunto & to make a
true & perfect Inventory of all & singnler the goods Chattels
Rights & Creditts of the said deceased & to Exhibett the same
into the Registry of the Court of Probate for the County
afores d at or before the twenty third day of June next En-
sueing, & also to Render a plain & true accompt of their s d
administration upon oath, In testimony whereof I have here-
unto set my hand & the Seal of the said Court of Probate,
Dated at Piimouth afores d the day & year first above written.
Nathaniel Thomas Register Nathaniel Thomas

Piimouth february 28 1703 The Inventory of the Estate
of Major William Bradford deceased taken & apprized by us
the Subscribers.

To Wearing apparrill to Cash to a Ring to arms 06 00 00

to Cattell 18 14 00

to Chares & Cushings 00 13 00

to a Chest & Cubbert & trunk 00 09 00

to mantel 00 08 00

to a Carpitt 00 03 00

to Plate 67 10 00

to pewter 01 12 00

[P. 43] To Earthen ware 00 02 06

to Iron ware 01 04 00

to table Linnen 02 00 00

to a bell 00 03 06

to a spining wheel 00 05 00

to a desk & two trunks 00 08 00

to other old Lumber 00 09 00

to bookes 15 03 00

to beds & furniture 14 08 00

to brass & bellmettle 01 08 00

70 00 00
Thomas Loring
Elisha Wadsworth

Memorandum that on the 10 th day of March 170^ before Nath 11 :
Thomas Esq: Judge of the Probates &c : Major John Bradford &
Samuel Bradford Executors to the last will & testament of their
father Major William Bradford Deceased made oath that the above
written is a true Inventory of the Estate of the s d deceased so far
as they know & when they know of more that they will discover the
same,

Nathaniel Thomas Register

148 The Diary of Jabcz Fitch, Jr.

THE DIARY OF JABEZ FITCH, JR.

{Continued from Vol. Ill, /. 243.)

Saterday July 2 nd 1757 there was a New Piq r Mounted
Consisting of 192 Private Properly officerd &c : this Day Serj*
Jackson & John Ashpo Came in who we Thought Had Ben
Lost after Putmons Fight.

Sunday y e 3 rd after I Had Made My Morning Report I
went into y e Fort and Rec d of M r Ginnes 1 8 s : 6 d York Money
for y e Days work y* I Did y e 5 th of June with a Party at Droy
Droying Timber into y e Fort In y e Afternoon it Raind Vary
Stedy Toard Night our Party Returnd from y e Lake &
Brought 4 French Men that Deserted from Crown Point they
Bring in News that it is Vary Short Times for Provisions there
— this Night I was wornd for y e Covring Party y e Next Day.

y e 4 th In y e Morning I went to work with a Party of 49
Men in y e Trench &c Ave were Directed By Lieu 1 Fash of y e
Royal Amaricans About 8 oClok Gen 11 Lyman Came in from
His Scout they Brought in News that they Found Henry
Shuntup in y e woods Kild & Scalpt His throat Cut & His Brest
Cut open & Hart out & Gon a Larg Pies of wood Left in y e
Plais of it John Kennady & Jabez Jones they Didn* find But
By what Signs they found they thought that they Had Carryed
them off &c at Noon I Got Two Dollars Changd & Paid em
Most of them away, at Night M r Gordon Paid Me £1 : 4 s :
For My Self 2 Corp !s & 8 1 Men then I Paid them all off &
Had S3 : 6 d Left for My Self &c. then Corp 1 Tho s Andrus & I
went over to M r Bests & Drinkd Some Jenava then I Came
Home & Found y t Most of our Company Had Listed for
Ranging &c. In y e Evening I was at Serj* Wetss Tent where
we Had Singing Hyms a Man Praid there &c

ye ^th was a Stady Rainy Day we Toock an allowance Party
in Fresh Provision — this Day I Sold My Indion Stockens to
Joseph Kellog for 4 s —

y e 6 th In y e Morning I Bought ij lb of Suger Si : 6 &c. then
I went to y e Capt : Tent & Mad My Morning Report of y e
Company Carried it to y e Adjutant He told. Me that all those
Men that Never Joind Us were Returnd Deserters this Day
&c — Toard Night M r Pummery our Setler Came Up with His
Stores — I Rec d A Letter from My Father Dated June 21 st

The Diary of Jabez Fitch, Jr. 149

another from Brother Elisha Dated y e Same Day & another
from Brother Rudd Dated June 23 rd

y e 7 In y e Morning I was Orderd to Wait on y e Gen 11 again
So I Toock My Post & Had a Laisy time on it at Noon I Got
a Good Dinner &c. this Day Capt : Jefferys Scouters Movd and
Picht their tents By them Selves — -at Night I Had Considrable
Discorce with a Serj* of y e Royal Amaricans who was orderly
for Gen 11 Webb

ye gth j n ye Morning I was Relievd as Usual — Then after
Breakfast I Tock a Walk over on y e Green and Wrote Some of
y e forgoing Lines &c — Toard Night M r Lothrop Came Up
Here &c In y e Evening I Spent Some Time with Serj 4 Coit —
Serj* Foster & Diccason were Confind By y e Regulars for
Deserting their Servis Some Years Past

July y e 9 th y e Annual of Bradducks Defeat &c — John John-
son of Capt Gallops Company Died & was Buried — A Number
of Teems Came Up Here from Saratoge &c — M r Pummery
Got Somthing Setled at Night John Chappel was Confind By
y e Gen lk Orders for Geting Liquer for y e Regulars &c. Daniel
Boge is Under Confinement again

Sunday July y e 10 th In y e Morning I went to y e Guard
Hous to Se Chappel Serj 1 Giles was there to Visit. Boge &c :
this Morning I Found out James Stephens of Canaan one of y e
Carters — Chappel was taken Exceeding Poor this Day So that
Doc r Lord Prevaild with y e Gen 11 & Got Liberty for Him to Go
Home to His Tent — the Stockbridg Indions Brought in a
Prisoner who they Tock Near Crown Point &c — I Got Some
Suger at Pummerys for Mix

y e 1 I th In y e Morning I Wrote a Letter to Brother Elisha
— Then I Fixd to Go to y e Lake to Escort y e Kings Stores
about 10 oClok we Set out I went on a Flank Guard Most of y 9
way to y e Half way Brook Eat Some Huccle Berrys &c at
y e Brook we Refreshd our Selvs & Marchd again Near y e
Round Pond w r e Met a Larg Scout Going over to South Bay
&c A Little after Sunset we Got Up to y e Lake & Lodged In
y e old Encampment this Night y e Misceters & Nats were Vary
Troublesom to us — On this Command I Got Acquainted with
Two of y e Boston Serj ts Viz : Spaldin & Walker — This is y e
First time that I Se Lake Georg this Year or Since y e 1 7 th of
Nov : last

y e 12 th In y e Morning I was of in y e wood with a Party to
Loock for Some Oxen we were Gon about an Hour & Found y e
Oxen — About 7 oClok we Marcht Had Got about a Mile &
there Came a Vary Hard Shower of Thunder & Rain which

150 Experience Mitchells Will and Inventory.

Lasted while we Traveld three Mile then Cleard of Extreem
warm we Stopd at y e Half way Brook & Refreshd as Usual
there Came Down with Us one of y e Jersy Reg 1 who was
Going after His wife that Had Deserted from Him His Discors
was Cheefly about Her on y e March &c — We Had another
Shower about y e Foils then we Marchd In about 4 oClok Our
Party was Commanded By Capt Waldo — After I Got in I
Hered that Dan 11 Boge was Whipd 50 Lashes again — at Night
Sold Pride a Knife Old Ashley was Whipd 15 Lashes

y e 13 th Some Time in y e Morning we Movd our Tents
Again which Tock Us Most of y e Day to Get Settled again —
In y e Afternoon I went to Serf Comstocks Tent & Drinkd
Some Grog with Him & then Discorced with Him about Home
& old affairs

{To be continued.}

EXPERIENCE MITCHELL'S WILL AND INVENTORY-

Transcribed from the Original Records,
By George Ernest Bowman*.

Experience Mitchell's inventory was taken 14 May, 16S9,
and his will was proved 4 September, 16S9, therefore the date
of the will, 5 December, 1689, as recorded by the clerk, Samuel
Sprague, is doubtless an error. The will must have been
made on 5 December in the year 1688, or possibly even earlier.
The will and inventory are recorded in the Plymouth County
Probate Records, Volume I, pages 44 and 45.

The wife Mary mentioned in the will was a second wife, the
first one having been Jane 2 Cooke {Francis 1 ).

[p. 44] These are to publish and declare to all whome it may Con-
cerne that I Experience Mitchell now living in the Town of Bridg-
water in the Colony of New Plimouth being through the Mercy
of God of Sound judgment and memory do ordaine and make
my last will and Testament in maner following viz- Into the
hands of God I Comend my spirit believingly. Resigning up my
soul into the everlasting Armes of Gods mercy father Son and
Holy Spirit : My Body to be decently Interred at the discis-
sion of my Executor and other Christian ffriends and for my
outward estate I doe will that after all my just debts and

Experience Mitchell 's I Fill and Inventory. 151

funerall expences be paid my lands and other moveables be
disposed of as followeth

Imprimis I Give to my Son Edward Mitchell after my
decease all my Lands both upland and meadow lying in the
Town of duxbury at the place where I formerly dwelt as appear-
eth by deed And if it shall please God So to order that my
wife Mary Mitchell Shall Survive me I Require my son Edward
to take Care of her for her Comfortable Subsistance during- her
life provided that she will live with him at Bridgwater, but if
she Rather Incline to live at duxbury I then order that half the
Rent of that land at dubury shall be to my wife during her life
And after my decease my Son Edward shall have the sole dis-
pose of it as to the letting of it out for the house I acknowledge
it to be his ; Also the Bed and boulster two pillows one pair of
sheets and two Blankets which are at my Son Edward's and we
make use of I Give them to him after our decease as for my
. Son John I have formerly Given him his portion of land, and
my wall is that he Rest Sattisfied therewith, which was four-
score acres of upland and four acres of meadow lying at Nama-
takeesit within the Township of duxbury, this is the full of
what I Intend him as to lands onely there are Severall move-
ables in his hand at present which are mine of which one Cowe
a short gun a small Iron kettle I Give unto my Grandson
Experience And the Remainder I Give unto my Son John as
for my land Lying in the Town of Middlebury I Give it to my
daughters Mary Shaw Sarah Haward and Hannah H award and
to my Grandson Experience Mitchell the son of my son John
to be Equally divided between them, farther I Give to my
daughter Mary Shaw twenty shillings to hannah Haward forty
shillings in Currant pay and if my Stock Stand I Give to my
Grandson Thomas Mitchell one Cowe and to my Grand daugh-
ter Mary Mitchell one Cow, I leave the dispose of my Grand
daughter Mary Mitchel with my Son Edward and Joseph Bart-
lett as for the Rest of my moveables and Chattels I bequeath
them to my son Edward Mitchell whome I appoint and ordaine
sole Executor of this my last will and Testament Revoaking all
other wills and Testaments whatsoever Witness my hand and
Seal this fifth of december 1689 :

Signed and Sealed in the Experience Michell & a (seal)

Presence of Thomas Hay ward
John Haward

Leiu 1 Thomas Hayward and Ensigne John Haward the
within named witnesses appeared before the Magistrates of the

152 The Deposition of Richard Church.

County of Plimouth at Flimouth September the 4 th 1689 and
made oath that they were present and Saw Experience Mitchell
deceased above named Signe Seal & declare this Instrument as
his last will & testament & that to the best of their understand-
ings he was of disposing mind & memory when he so did :

Attest Sam' 1 Sprague Cler

[p. 45] A ; Inventory of the estate of Experience Mitchel of
Bridgwater, taken by Ensigne John Haward and Thomas Hay-
ward the 14 of May 1689

Imprimis In Books
In Iron vessels
It ; vessels of wood and earth
It , in pewter

It , one Rimdlett 2 Glass Bottles
It , 2 Chests one Box with Severall tooles
It , in Bedding boulsters pillows and Covering
It , in sheetes and other linnen
It in 2 Cows and one mare
It , in my Brother Johns hand one Cow >
one short gun & a small Iron kettle )

Edward Mitchel made oath before the magistrates of the
County of Plimouth September y e 4 th 1689 that the above
written is a true Inventory : of the Estate viz 1 Goods and
Chattels of the above named Experience Mitchell deceased as
far as he Knows and if more shall be discovered that he will
Bring it to this Inventory :

Attest Sam' 1 , Sprague Clerk ;

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THE DEPOSITION OF RICHARD CHURCH.

The Deposition of Richard Church aged about 56 yeares
this Deponant saith that hee being att worke about the mill the
19 th of august hearing of a Cry that the man was killed ; hasted
p r sently and healped to remove the earth from Thomas fnsh
whoe being much bruised therby was gott to bedd and in four
Dayes and an halfe Dyed ; and further saith not ;

This deposition of Richard Church, the husband of Elizabeth 2 Warren
(Richard*), was made at Sandwich on 25 August, 1664, and is recorded
in the Plymouth Colony Court Orders, Volume IV, page 92.

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BOND OF DESIRE (HWVLAND) GORHAM

Captain J oh?i Gor/iam's Estate. 153

CAPTAIN JOHN GORHAM'S ESTATE.

Transcribed from the Original Records,
By George Ernest Bowman.

Capt. John Gorham died at Swansea, but the exact date of
his death is not known. The date of his burial is entered on
the Swansea town records as follows : " Cap : John Goram was
buryed the 5 th day of february 1675 " * This date in new
style would be 15 February, 1676. The record of his inven-
tory shows that he was a resident of Yarmouth at the time of
his death. His widow Desire, the eldest daughter of John
Howland, must have removed to Barnstable immediately, as in
the bond of the administrators, dated 9 March, 1675/6, she is
called " of Barnstable. " On the seventh of March she and her
sons James and John had been appointed administrators and
their bond is the only original paper connected with the settle-
ment of Capt. Gorham's estate of which I have learned. It is
preserved in the " Scrap Book " at the Registry of Deeds at
Plymouth, and the half-tone reproduction shows that it is in
excellent condition. It bears the autograph signatures of De-
sire (Howland) Gorham and her sons James and John.

[Court Orders, V : 131]

March the 7 th 1675
In reference unto the estate of M r Gorum Deceased The
Court have appointed M r hinckley M r Chipman and M r huckens
to take Care that such p r te of the said estate which belongeth
unto his youngest Children be p r served and Disposed to them
as they Come to be of age ; according to the agreement ;

Lres of Adminnestration were Graunted by the Court unto
mistris Desire Gorum, James Gorum, and John Gorum, to ad-
minnester on the estate of Captaine John Gorum Deceased

Bond of the Administrators.

Know all men by these p r sents that wee Desire Gorom
widdow of the Towne of Barnstable in the Jurisdiction of New

* Book A, p. 147.

154 Captain JoJin Gorham' s Estate,

Plymouth ; and James Gorum and John Gorum planters of the
Towne aforsaid in the Jurisdiction aforsaid Doe acknowlidge our
selves to be bound and feirmly .oblidged unto the Gov r : and
Court of Plymouth aforsaid in the penall sume of a eight hun-
dred pounds, for the payment wherof well and truely to be
made wee bind our selves our heires executors and adminnestra-
tors ; Joyntly and severally feirmly sealled and Given this ninth
of March Ann : Dom one thousand six hundred seaventy and
five ;

The Condition of the above written obligation is such that
wheras the above bounen Desire Gorum ; James Gorum and
John *Gorum ; have obtained Letters of Adminnestration to
Adminnester on the estate of M r John Gorum Late Deceased ;
if therfore the above bounden Desire Gorum James Gorum and
John Gorum Juni r Doe pay or Cause to be payed all Due Debts
and legacyes Due and owing to any from the said estate ; and
keep a faire and true accoumpt of their adminnestration ;
and be reddy to give in the same unto the Court when by them
required ; and save and keep harmles and undamnifyed the said
Gov r : and Court from any Damage that may acrew unto them ;
by theire said adminnestration ; That then the above written
obligation to be void and of non effect or otherwise to remaine
in full force strength and vertue ;

Signed sealed and Delivered desier gorham (Seal)

in the p r sence of James Gorham (Seal)

beniamen hammond John Gorham (Seal)

Sammuell Nash

[Plym. Col. Wills, III : I : 162-164]

[p. 162] An Inventory of the estate of Capt : John Gorum of

yarmouth iate Deceased taken and apprised by Willam Crocker

Barnabas Laythorpe John Thacher and John Miller the 29 th of

ffebruary 1675 an d exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth

the 7 th of March 1675 on the oathes of mistris Desire Gorum

widdow and James Gorum and John Gorum Juni r : as f olio wet h

Imp r . 1 bed and the furniture belonging to it

Item 1 bed and what belonges to it

Item old beding

Item 1 bed and what belonges to it

Item his wearing Clothes

Item 1 blankett with feathers in it

Item 2 Chistes

Item 5 Cushens

Item to yerne fflax and Cotton woole

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Item to Iron tooles and Cart rope

Item 3 wheeles and Gardes

Item 13 bushells and halfe of Corne

Item 1 bushell of wheat

Item an other p r sell of Iron tooies in and about the mill

Item meate salt and the Caske the meat is in

Item brasse

Item pewter

Item 2 paire of stilliyards scales and waights

Item 4 Chaires

Item Iron potts kettles pothangers frying pans all Iron

Item 9 sheets

Item table Cloth and Napkins of Diaper

Item a smale Table Cloth and 2 Dosen of Napkins

Item 6 pillowbeers

Item linnine of his

Item powder and bulletts

Item 2 paire of sterrup Irons & Gertts

Item twine and paper

Item 2 Chestes and one box

Item wooden ware and seives

Item old barrells

Item in earthen ware and other smale lumber

Item 2 pound of fine Cotten yerne

Item a feirkin of sope

Item a brake and max

Item bolts boards square timber and Grindstone

sume
Item 3 horses 1 mare
Item 10 swine
Item 4 oxen
Item 8 Cowes
Item 2 steers 2 yeers old
Item 3 heiffers 3 yeer old
Item 5 yeerlings

Item 1 bull 1 heifter three yeer old
Item 18 sheep
Item the mills and Dwelling house land and Meddow ad-

joyning
[p. 163] Item 1 Caske of Tallow
Item the ballences of accoumpt in the booke Due
Item the Tan fatts the barke mill and the 2 houses the )

tooles belonging to the taning j

Item 1 Copper
Item 2 Gunes

Item the barrell of a blunderbusse
Item more Iron tooles
Item andjrons
Item 2 horspistoles & holsters

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Item old Iron

Item more Iron tooles

Item 1 brasse kittle

Item 4 Chaires

Item 1 longe Table and bedsted Sz Curtaines

Item 1 bedsted

Item an Iron pott kettle skillett pothookes

Item 1 Chest

Item 1 paire of tonggs & pothangers

Item 1 Cubberd

Item 13 sydes of lether

Item 1 bedsted

Item a bed bolster Coverlidd & blanketts

Item a bed bolster rugg and blanketts

Item 1 settle 1 old Chaire

Item 1 (*) att

Item 1 Gould ringe

Item 1 Cubbert Cushen

Item 1 Cabbanitt

Item a prsell of linnine

Item 1 Chest and a Childs blankett

Item 5 sheets

Item 1 Chest and box

Item old lumber

Item Due from John Gorum Juni r for hydes hee re- )

ceived of his father and on his accoumpt att 3 d pr V 52 18 06
pound )

Item a Cart takeling and plow tacklinge & old Grindstone 03

Item a hatchell

Item a horse in John Gorums hands

Item 1 smale Table

Item 1 Negro man

Item more Due on the booke

Item Due by bill in Cash

Item in Cash

Item in plate and a watch

Item 2 Cards of Cloake buttons

Item the farme that is to say the Dwelling house barne ^

upland and meddow and all the land in the Comon >-45o 00 00
feild )

Item Due from the Country for service Done in the warr
by Capt : Gorum about

Item a Graunt of a p r sell of Land att Papasquash necke

The sume Totall : is 710 04 03

By us Willam Crocker John Thacher

Barnabas Laythorpe John Miller

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Captain John Gorhams Estate. 157

[p. 164] In Reference to the settleing of the estate of Captaine
John Gorume Deceased between the Mother and the Children ;
The Court haveing taken into Consideration and haveing re-
spect p r tely to what hath bine the Declared minde of the said
Captaine Gorum in his life time and p r tely to the mutuall
Consent of the sonnes whoe are of age as well as to what of
equitie Doth, otherwise, to this Court appeer Doe order as
followeth : viz :

Imp r : That Desire the Relict of the said Capt : Gorum
have the proffitts of one third of all the Lands housing and mill
Dureing her Naturall life ; and after all Just Debts being first
payed out of the moveables ; shee to have one third p r te of the
rest of the moveables, to her owne Dispose ; and libertie to
Dwell in her Now Dwelling house ; and have Improvement of
the Negro Dureing her life ;

2 That James Gorum have the Dwelling house that hee
now lives in, with the barne and halfe the upland belonging to
the said farme

And John Gorum to have the tan vaults barke mill ; and
the utinsills therunto belonging and soe much stocke as may
make the said tanvaults to amount to the vallue of fifty pounds
and alsoe to have the other halfe of the upland belonging to the
said farme begining next to the lands of Andrew hallott, onely
Deducting forty acrees out of that his halfe ; To be allowed to
Joseph Gorum ; who is to have his forty acrees lye next Joseph
hallotts on the upersyde of the high way, and a p r sell of med-
dow about three or four acrees ; bounded between a Creeke
Comonly Called wells his Creeke and a smale Creeke Called
Bacons brooke ; which with the thirty pounds hee hath alreddy
received of his father, is vallued, att threescore pounds ; and to
be for his p r te of the said estate att p r sent ;

And James Gorum to have the meddow lying between the
said Wells his Creeke ; and the place where formerly the mill
stood ; and with the house above said a longe table bedsted and
two Chaires belonging therunto ; and the rest of the Marsh or
meddow to be equally Devided between the said James and
John Gorum ; as theire respective p r tes of the said estate onely
that p r sell of land lying att stony Cove is p r ticularly to be
equally Devided between them and it is agreed that John
Gorum is to have the use of one halfe of the land that lyeth
between the said Dwelling house and the tanyard, During all
the time hee shall keep tailing in that place, and noe longer,
and if that prte of the land within the ffence falling to James
his p r te shalbe Indifferently vallued worth more then soe much

158 Captain Jo Jin GorJiam's Estate.

of the lands without, it shalbe made up by allowing soe much of
the Greater p r te of the lands to John without as may Counter-
vaile the same ;

3 That all the rest of the estate shalbe equally Devided
between the rest of the Children viz : To Jabez Mercye Lydia
hannah & Shubaall Gorum, in five equall p r tes, excepting fifty
pound in Mony first Taken out of the said estate to bringe up
Shubaall to scoole, as his mother shall see fitt over and above
his fift equall p r te as aforsaid, provided that incase the p r tes of
the said five Children last Named shall amount to more then
forty pounds apeece ; which the three 3 Daughters alreddy
Marryed have alreddy received or are to have made up to any
of them ; then such overplusse of the estate to be equally
Devided between those eight Children, and provided alsoe that
incase any other lands belonging to the estate of Capt : Gorum
by graunt from the Court or otherwise shalbe posessed, such
lands shalbe equally Devided between the the sonnes that have
noe lands yett assigned them, soe as incase theire respective
Devissions therof together with what other portions they have re-
ceived amount to more then what the other sonnes have received ;
then such overplusse shalbe equally Devided amongst all the
sonnes to make each of theire p r tes equall ; onely the eldest son
James to have a Double portion of the said overplusse of lands ;
It is alsoe ordered that Care be taken in the Devision of
the estate that each respectively Concerned therin shall have the
sure estate Devided equally to them, and each to have his or
her p r te in the Desparate :

this following relates unto the Inventory of Capt : Gorums
estate before entered ;

John Gorum seni r Disbursed for the souldery under his
Comand as followeth

ffor food att Sandwich 00 07 06

ffor Syder att Captaine huchensons farme 00 08 06

my selfe with horse and furniture sixteen weekes
a horse for my son Joseph a fortnight

Expended upon the souldiers att severall times 01 14 00

Disbursed for three souldiers suppers att James Coles 00 01 06

John Whetston fifteen Dayes horse bridle and saddle
Thinges omitted to be Charged in the Inventory
Item a paire of bootes a paire of shooes 2 sackes 1 sheete

2 pitchforkes 00 18 00

for Clothes left att m r Brownes
Debtes omited to be substracted out of the estate of

Eiisha hedge 03 03 00

Debts att Boston not well knowne not haveing time but) „

by but by Discourse with my husband )

Jo/m Soiiles Inventory. 159

JOHN : SOULE'S INVENTORY AND THE
SETTLEMENT OF HIS ESTATE.

Transcribed from the Original Records,
By George Ernest Bowman.

John 2 Soule {George 1 ) died at Duxbury, but the date of his
death is not known. He died intestate and his widow Hester
was appointed administratrix, on 14 November, 1707, by Na-
thaniel Thomas, Judge of Probate. The record of this appoint-
ment is in the Plymouth County Probate Records, Volume II,
page $7. The inventory is on the same page. The agreement
between the heirs is found on page 91 of the same volume.

[p. 87] The Inventory of John Soul late of Duxbourrough
Decease is as it was taken & apprized by us whose names
are under written this 3 d day of December 1707.

// s a
Viz : one Cow & heifer • 2150

Wareing Clothes Libery & money 5 00 o

2 swine o 10 o

beds & beding 810 o

Iron Houshold stuff & tools 240

Brass & Pewter 012 o

two Chests with other wooden lumber 1 10 o

flax & table linen 010 o

to a mean Cow hide & a maire hide at y* Tanners in Plim-

outh 056

one wheel & bag with a Cannoe & spectacles 114 6

The Estate of Hester Soul Widdow of John Soul aboves d

which she Brought with her is as follows
Viz : 2 Iron pots with some other Lumber 120

Thomas Deleno

Abraham Samson

Ben : Deleno

Memorandum on the Ninteenth day of December 1707
before Nath 11 Thomas Judge of the Probate of wills &c :
Appeared Hester Soul & made oath y* the above written is a
true Inventory of the Estate of her Husband John Soul late of
Duxborrough Deceased so far as she knoweth & when she
knoweth of more that she will Discover the same

Nath 11 Thomas Register

160 John Sonlcs Inventory.

[p. 91] Middleborrough December 5 th 1707 Whereas we
whose names are hereunto Subscribed were desired by the
heirs of M r John Sou! of Duxborrough Deceased, to make
apprizement of the severall percels of land which the s d
John Soul died seized of in the township of Middleborrough
& which he had not in his life time disposed of, which we
have acordingly done, according to the best of our Judgments
as followeth ; namely we have prized

11 s d

i st The lot of Ceder Swamp in the six <S: twenty mens Pur-
chase 300
2 d The lot of land in Assawanset neck 500
3 d The lot of the last division of upland in the sixteen ^
shilling Purchase & the share of Ceder Swamp at I
Assonet Ceder Swamp & the undivided land in the [ '
sixteen shilling Purchase : all
4 th The lot in the south Purchace being in Number the (*) lot 1 o o
5 th The lot in the South Purchace being in number the (*) lot 1 5 o

Joseph Vaughan total 17 5 o
Jacob Tomson

March the 5 th 1707 The settlement of the Estate in lands
of John Soul late of Duxborrough deceased Intestate. He have
ing in his life time settled all his sons Portions in land by deed
& his Daughter Sarah had only one Cow of her father in his
life time & his Daughter Rachel & Rebecka haveing had noth-
ing of their father, & he leaveing undisposed some small parcells
of land at Middleborrough being apprised at 17 11 5 s o d is by
them that is to say Adam Wright in behalf of his children
which he had by the said Sarah his wife Deceased & John Cob
and Rachel his wife & Rebecka the wife of Edmond Weston
Mutually agreed as followeth, That is to say the said Smal
parcels of land as affores d prized at 17 11 5 s o d & the Cow said
Sarah had of her father at 40 shillings makes 19 11 5 s o d which
being devided in three parts makes 6 11 8 s 4 d to Each of them
And that the Children of the said Sarah shall have the lot of
the last division of upland in the sixteen shilling Purchase & the
share of Ceder Swamp at Assonet Ceder Swamp & the unde-
vidid land in the sixteen shilling Purchase all prized seven
pounds to belong to the said children & their heirs the s d Adam
Wright haveing paid & satisfied to the s d Rachel Cobb the sum
of 2 11 11 s 8 d & that the said Rebecka Weston shall have the lot
of land in Assawamset neck prised at five pounds & the 2 lots
in the south Purchace to her & her heirs both prized at fourty

*The number of the lot was omitted.

Thomas Little s J Fill and Invctitory. 161

five shillings she haveing paid her sister Rachel Cobb the sum
sixteen shillings & 8 pence And the said Rachel Cobb shall
have the lot of Ceder Swamp in the six & twenty mens Pur-
chace to her & her heirs prized at three pounds which with the
money she has Received make Each persons share Equall & to
all their satisfactions In Witness wnereof they have hereunto
set their hands & seals March the sixt 1707-8.
In presents of us Adam Wright (Seal)

Nath 11 Thomas Ju r : his marke

Joseph Soul Rebecka weston (Seal)

her marke
John Cobb (Seal)

Rachel Cobb (Seal)

her marke
Memorand : that on the sixt day of March 1707-8. all the
persons hereunto Subscribed acknowledged this Instrument to
be their act & deed before me

Nathaniel Thomas J : Probates.

THOMAS LITTLE'S WILL AND INVENTORY, AND
THE WILL OF HIS SON THOMAS.

Transcribed from the Original Records.
By George Ernest Bowman.

Thomas Little married Anna 2 Warren {Richard 1 )* and
lived at Plymouth and Marshfield. He died at the latter place
in March, 1672. I have been unable to find the record of
his death on the Marshfield town records, and it is probable
that it has been lost since 1854, when a list of deaths and
burials taken from the town records was printed in the New
England Historical and Genealogical Register. [Vol. VIII,
p. 192] The date of his burial, not his death as it has been
frequently quoted, is there given as 12 March, 1671. This
is old style, as is shown by the date of his will, 12 May, 1671,
and the date of the inventory, 4 April, 1672.

The son Thomas (called senior after his father's death) was
killed in the fight at Rehoboth, 26 March, 1676. His will is
of especial interest since it gives the names of his four sisters,
not named in their father's will, and shows that they and his
mother were living when it was made, 19 February, 1675/6.

* Mayflower Descendant III : 48.

1 62 Thomas Little s Will and Inventory.

[Plym. Col. Wills, III : I : 46]

[p. 46] The last Will and Testament of Thomas Little seni r
made on the 17 th of May 1671, exhibited to the Court h olden
att Plymouth in New England the first of July 1672 on the
oathes of Anthony Snow and John Carver, and ordered heer
to be Recorded as followeth

I Thomas Little seni r : being att this time in a Competent
measure of health and haveing understanding and memory
p r fect ; Doe make this my last will and Testament, Comitting
my body to the earth and my soule to God that Gave it ; and
Doe Dispose of my outward estate as followeth ; viz : To my
loveing wife all my housing and all my land, upland and med-
dow on that side of the brooke ; I now dwell, except, onely
the meddow I purchased of Thomas Tildin and Morris Trewant ;
To my sonnes Isacke and Ephraim the land on the otherside
of the brooke ; That is to say the land I purchased of John
Waterman, together with the aforsaid meddow I purchased of
Thomas Tilden and Moris Trewant ; which upland and meddow
shalbe equally Devided between them ; And all my land att
Namassakett upland and meddow to my two younger sonnes
Thomas and Samuell ; except onely one single share of upland
I purchased of Jacob Michell which I bequeath to my Grand-
child John Jones except I doe better provide for him ; and I
doe give unto my son Ephraim one feather bedd with all meet
furniture belonging therunto; That is to say a bolster and
pillowes, one paire of sheets, and one paire of blanketts, one
paire of pillowbears and a Rugg, to be Disposed to the said
Ephraim att the time of his Marriage ; and att our Decease I
Doe Give to Thomas and Samuell either of them a feather bed
with the like furniture belonging to them ; and att the Decease
of my selfe and my wife It is my will that my whole stocke of
Cattle of all sorts shalbe equally Devided amongst all my
Children and for the rest of my estate that is in Moveables to
be left to the Despose of my wife according to her Discretion
as shee shall see occation ; and for my lands if any of my
sonnes Die, after hee Comes to be posessed of his lands, and
have noe Issue his p r te shall then returne to the next brother ;
onely his wife if he have any shall enjoy the thirds of it During
her life ; and it is my will that my two eldest sonnes Isacke
and Ephraim shall Disburse out of theire owne estates ; either
of them ten pounds to healp Thomas and Samuell in theire
buildings att Namassakett, when they shall have occation ; ex-
cept by any extreordinary providence of God, it shall evidently
appeer that the aforesaid Isacke or Ephraim be Disabled from

Thomas Little s Will and Inventory. 163

p r forming the above said engagement ; and if I should sell my
single share of land att Namassakett ; It is my will that my
Grandchild John Jones shall have forty acrees of land out of
the land of Thomas and Samuell ; and att my wifes Decease
Ephraim shall enjoy my housing, But the upland and meddow
on that syde to be equally Devided between Isacke and
Ephraim ; onely the land the housing stands on and the or-
chyard shall belonge to Ephraim ; and it is my will that Sarah
Bonney shall have Convenient apparrell and a Cow att the
time of her Departure out of her service ;
Signed sealed and Delivered Thomas Little

in the p r sence of us And a seal

Anthony Snow
John Carver ;

[p. 47] A true Inventory of the estate of Thomas Little seni r
exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth in New England the first
of July 1672 on the oath of Anna Little widdow ;
Imp r his wearing Clothes 05 00 00

Item three feather beds and theire furniture belonging to

them
Item in Table linnine
Item in brasse

Item in Iron potts and hangers and pott hookes 1 gridjron
Item in pewter

Item in earthen thinges and glasses ■
Item a Cubbord Chists Chaires boxes table and forme
Item for armes

Item for a frying pan spitt and other Iron thinges <

Item for Cherne and pailes trayes & other wooden

thinges
Item new Joyners worke unfmnished
Item for spining wheeles and Cards
Item for woole

Item for 30 bushells of Corne
Item Neat Cattle
Item for a Mare
Item for sheepe
Item for swine

Item two Cart wheeles plough Irons and the Chaines
Item for wedges sawes hoes shovells florkes sickles
Item for tooles in the shopp
Item for other Lumber
Marshfeild the 4 th of Aprill 1672
Taken by us Anthony Snow

Marke Eames
ftrancis Crooker

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[Court Orders, V: 71, under date r4 August, 1692.]

Libertie of Adminnestration is Graunted unto Anna Little
widdow the Relict of Thomas Little of Marshfeild Deceased,
to adminnester on the estate of the said Thomas Little

[Plym. Col. Wills, III: I: 165]

The last Will and Testament of Thomas Little seni r : made
on the 19 th Day of february 1675.

I Thomas Little seni r : being att this time in a Competent
measure of health haveing understanding and memory Doe
make this my last Will and Testament ; Comitting my Body
to the earth and my soule to God that Gave it and Doe Dispose
of my outward estate as followeth ; viz to my loveing brother
Samuell ; I Doe Give all my land which is or which shall
appeer to be mine ; and I Doe give him all the mony I have
and that which hee Can make appeer to be Due to mee ; and
I Doe Give him my horse which is now downe att Pokassett
and my saddle and my bridle and I Doe Give him my feather-
bed with furniture belonging to it ; and I Doe Give him all
my Joyners Tooles ; which is att Taunton or elsewhere and I
Doe Give him all the work I have begun att Taunton ; and
I Doe give him my Chest and all my Clothes and I Doe Give
him all my wages which is Due to mee for being a souldier
and I Doe Give him all the Debts ; which hee can Make appeer
to be Due to mee ; And for all the Rest of my estate, which
is not mensioned which hee Can make appeer to be mine, I Doe
Give it unto him ; and I Doe bind the said Samuell, to pay all
Debts which I Doe owe unto any prson or prsons which they
can prove or make to appeer to be Due, and it is my will that
Samuell shall Give each of my sisters ; That is to say Ruth
hannah Patience and Mercye each of them ten shillings in
Mony and hee shall Give My loveing mother forty shillings in
Mony ; and for the ten pounds which I sack and Ephraim were
to pay unto mee by my father will ; I Doe freely Give it unto
them signed sealed and delivered in the p r sence of the witnesses
Witnes John Waterman Thomas Little and a seale

Joseph Waterman

Joseph Waterman made oath to this Will May the 31 1676
before Josiah Winslow Gov r

John Waterman made oath to this Will June the 1 1676
before Josiah Winslow Gov r :

Richard Wright's Will and Inventory. 165

RICHARD WRIGHT'S WILL AND IIWENTORY*

Transcribed from the Original Records,
By George Ernest Bowman.

Richard Wright died at Plymouth, 9 June, 1691. His wife
was Hester 2 Cooke (Francis 1 ). His will and inventory are
found in the Plymouth County Probate Records, Volume I,
pages 101-103.

[p. 10 1 ] I Richard Wright of y e Town of Plimouth in y e County
and Colony of New Plimouth in New England being at Present
of Sound and disposing mind and memory under bodily weak-
nesses not knowing when the hour of my death shall Come do
make this my last Will and Testament in maner and forme
following hereby Revoaking all former Wils First I comitt my
soul to God that made it Resting on y e onely merrits of Christ
my Redeemer for Eternall Salvation and my body to y e earth
to be buried in a decent maner. My worldly Estate that God
hath lent me I thus dispose : my will is that all my Estate Real
and Personall House lands money or any moveables & Chattels
in what kind soever be equally and faithfully divided betwixt
my three Children Adam Esther and Mary Also my Will is
that my daughter Mary have her living in my house During her
Widowhoode and in as much as my son Adam hath heretofore
had a full double portion in lands my will & desire is that my
sd Son deal kindly in Carefull providing what in him lies for my
daughter Mary price Also I Make my son and two daughters
Executors of this my last Will & Testament Also I do hereby
appoint & desire my loving friends John Nelson & Isaac Cush-
man to be Overseers of this my Will and I Intreate their care
to se it faithfully prformed in a just distribution of my estate to
my Children as is above Expressed In Attestation y t this is my
last Will and Testament I Set to my hand & seal This Eigth
day of June 1691 I desire also & Impower John Sturtevant to
be on of y e overseers of this my will.
Signed Sealed & declared by The mark of

Richard Wright to be his . Richard Wright

last will and Testament
In presence of
John Cotton
Nath 11 Southworth
y e mark l¥2 of Martha Cobb :

1 66 Richard Wright's Will and Inventory.

June 24 th 1 69 1 M r John Cotton and Nath 11 Southworth two
of y e witnesses here named made oath in Plimouth before y e
Magistrates of y e County of Plimouth that they were present
and Saw y e above named Richard Wright Sign & Seal & heard
him declare this above written to be his last will & Testament
& y 1 to y e best of y r judgment he was of a disposing mind &
memory when he so did

Attest Sam Sprague Clerk

[p. 102] June y e 19 th day 1691 An Inventory of y e Estate of
Richard Wright late dececesed taken by us whose names are
under written.

Iten one Bed and Boulster

One Rugg and one Blanket

One Pillow

One Silkgrass Bed and Boulster

One Curtaine & two Cushions

One Trammill

One pair of Tongs

4 hooks

One Spade

One Ax

More : Old Iron

4 hinges

2 Iron Kittles
One Iron Skillet
One Iron Pot and Pott hookes
One ffrying Pan
One Warming Pan
One Brass Kettle
One Gun
One Sword
More Wooden Dishes
two Earthen Potts
One Barbours Bason
One Glass Bottle
One Book
One pair of sheers
One pair of Pillowbeers

3 sheetes
One Pewter
One Boul
One Pewter Bottle
One Pewter Pot
1 Pewter Bason and Sawcer
One chamber Pott

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One Candlestick

One Pail

One chest

More old Cask

One Box

One Chaire

More Cloathing

One shirt

[p. 103] One pair of Drawers

More in y e hand of Ephraim Tinkam

Item the land both of upland and meadow

Item Charge for y e ffunerall
More due to William Shirtliff
More due to John Sturtevant
More due to Adam W T right

June 24 th 1 69 1 Adam Wright made Oath in Plimouth before y e
Magistrates of y e County of Plimouth That the before written is a
True Inventory of y e estate of his flather Richard Wright late of
Plimouth deceased So far as he knoweth & that if more shall come
to his knowledge he will discover it

Attest Sam' 1 Sprague Clerk

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Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories.

PLYMOUTH COLONY WILLS AND INVENTORIES.

(Continued from page 82.)

[Vol. I, fol. 44] William Swyft 1642

Lres of Administracon graunted unto Joane the wyfe of Willm

Swyft of Sandwich lately Deceased.

An Inventory of all the goods and Cattells of the said Willm
Swyft exhibited the xxix th of January Anno Dm 1642

Inpris one feather bed two boulsters 2 pillowes 2 "

blanketts and one rugg
Itm five curtaines & valence & bedstead
Itm one flock bed &: boulster 2 blanketts & a rugg
Itm five cusheons
Itm 12 napkins & a diaper cloth
Itm a table cloth

Itm 3 paire of sheets at 13 ss pr paire
Itm 3 sheets at 5 s a peece
Itm 3 old sheets at
Itm 2 hand towells
Itm one cloake
Itm one shuite of apparell
Itm one other shuite of apparell
Itm one Coate

Itm two ruff bands & 4 playne bands
Itm a chest of Drawers
Itm one chest
Itm a

Itm a prcell of bookes
Itm two swordes
Itm two musketts at 10 s
Itm two paire of bandeliers
Itm one feather bed & boulster & one pillow &

blankett
Itm a cupboard
Itm 3 blew potts & a bason
Itm 2 bras kettles
Itm a little bras pott

Itm 2 skelletts a chaffing dish a ladle & 2 scimmers
Itm one iron pott & an iron kettle
Itm two paire of hangers
Itm 2 paire of pott hookes
Itm 2 paire of tongues & a firefork

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Itm one spitt 00 . 01 .06

Itm a short table & two chaires 00 . 06 . 06

Itm 2 stooles 2 cupboard clothes 00 . 02 . 00

Itm 2 graters 00 01 . 06

Itm a paire of littlescales i 11 & a ii 11 waight 00 . or .06

Itm a warmeing pann 00 . 05 . 00

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Itm 4 selves 00 . 01 . oS

Itm 7 platters 00 . 14 . 00

Itm 3 plates 00 . 03 . 00

Itm 6 sawcers 3 porringers 00 . 03 . 00

Itm a salt seller 00 . 01 .00

Itm 2 candlesticks 00 . 02 . 00

Itm a top for a still 00 . 02 . 00

Itm the latten 00 . 01 .00

Itm a cross cutt sawe 00 . 02 . 00

Itm a long sawe 00 . 08 . 00

Itm a halbeard 00 . 02 . 00

Itm a french bill & a cosett 00 . 16 . 00

Itm a bedstead 00 . 02 . 00

Itm 4 augours 4 chessells 00 . 02 .08

Itm i judg 00 . 00 . 04

Itm two chests 00 . 03 . 00

Itm an iron beame _ 00 . 02 . 00

Itm 2 old sythes 00 . 02 . 00

Itm a trunck 00 . 00 . 06

Itm sechell 00 . 00 . 09

Itm 5 bushells of Indian Corne 00 . 15 . 00

Itm 2 bushells of winter wheate 00 . 09 . 00

Itm 3 pecks of bins 00 . 03 . 00

m a bushell of peas 00 . 04 . 00

m 5 Indian basketts 00 . 01 .04

m a sack 00 . 01 . 06

m two chamber potts 00 . 03 . 00

m a spout & a half pint pott 00 . 01 . 06

m 3 milk (*) at i8 d a peec 00 . 04 . 06

m a churne 00 . 03 . 00

a bucking tub 4 s a milk payle 12 00 . 05 . 00

m a pickaxe i axe i hatchett 00 . 03 . 00

m trevett 00 . 01 .06

m 12 1 of butter 00 . 06 . 00

m a beere barrell 00 . 03 . 00

m 2 firkins & a buckett 00 . 02 . 06

m a spade i2 d a spining wheele 4 3 00 . 05 . 00

m a prcell of pumpkins 00 . 03 . 00

m a prcell of turneps 00 . 04 . 00

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Itm a prcell of cabedges

Itm a grindle stone

Itm a prcell of earthen potts

Itm an iron fatt

Itm for all old lumber

Itm for porke

Itm two cowes

[fol. 45] Itm 4 yeong cattell at 40 s a peec
Itm a heifler
Itm three calves
Itm 8 swyne

Itm a rick of hey at hoame
Itm another rick at Munus casset 4 loads
Itm 2 parts of a hide
Itm a cheese presse
Itm 10 pound of yarne
Itm 7 pound of cotton woll at 9-J-
Itm i hoe

Itm ii little barrells 18 an old cart w A broken
wheels & a calve rack 5 s all

Sum tot.

Itm the house land & meddow ground
Itm a house & land at Sudbury in

Massachusets bay mortgaged to one
m T Burton to secure at debt of 20 1 10 s .

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Debts oweing by the said Willm Swyft at his death

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To m r Thomas Wallis 90 . 00 . 00

To m r John Buckley 89 . 00 . 00

To m r John Casteele 2 1 . 00 . 00

To m r Blackwell 06 . 00 . 00

To a hatmaker 02 . 00 . 00

To John Barnes 17 .

To Thorn Dexter 01 . 10 . 00

To John Derby 00 . 14 . 00

To Daniell Wing 00 . 19 . 00

To Joseph Winsor 00 . 04 . 00

To Thorn Butler 00 . 03 . 00

To Pvobte Allen 00 . 03 . 00

To Thomas Gibbs 00 . 14 . 00

To Thorns Johnson 00 . 05 . 00

To Miles Blacke 00 . 07 . 00

Estates of William Sherman^Jr., and Israel Holmes. 171

To m r Water ho use

To Goodman Armitage

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(7<? be continued.)

THE ESTATES OF WILLIAM SHERMAN, JUNIOR, AND
ISRAEL HOLMES-

Transcribed from the Original Records,
By George Ernest Bowman.

William Sherman, Jr., of Marshfield married Desire 2 Doty
{Edward 1 ) on 25 December, 1667 (4 January, 1688, New
Style) ;f and the fact that his inventory was taken 30 Decem-
ber, 1680 (9 January, 168 1, N. S.), makes it probable that
the following entry on the Marshfield records refers to his
burial: "(worn) Sherman Junior (worn) y e 17 of november
i68o."t

Desire (Doty) Sherman married, second, on 24 Novem-
ber/4 December, 168 1, Israel Holmes of Marshfield, § who was
drowned 24 February/6 March, 1 684/5 .*[[ After his death
she married Alexander 2 Standish (Myles l ) y whom she survived
many years.

William Sherman's Inventory

[Plym. Col. Wills, IV : 1 : 80, 81]

[p. 80] An Inventory of all and singular e the Goods and
Chatties of Willam Sherman Late of Marshfeild Deceased
apprised the 30 th of December 1680 by us whoe names are
under subscribed ;

Imp r : his wearing apparrell

Item his purse and Cash

Item Guns 1 sword and Amunition

Item 1 old horse saddle pillian and other furniture

* Left blank. T Mfr. Deso, II : 182 ; III : 90, 91. J Ibid., II : 181.
§ Ibid., Ill: 42. «[ Ibid., Ill: 188. — Blotted.

172 Estates of William Sherman, Jr., and Israel Holmes.

Item 3 Cowes att forty five shillinges p r Cow and 2 Calves

10 s Calf
Item 10 sheep and lambes att 45
Item 7 smale swine
Item 2 Chests 2 boxes 1 Deske

Item Cotton and sheeps woole fflax teer tow and yarne
Item Divers smale Remnants of Cloth
Item an old featherbed three payer of sheets and other

beding
Item brasse pewter and earthen ware or vessell
Item a lookeing Glasse and Glasse bottles
Item a Cradle and smale Table

Item a meale seive wooden Dishes spoones and trenchers
Item 2 old baggs smale basketts salt and white Starch
Item 3 Iron Potts tonges Potthangers frying pan and other

Iron
Item Divers working tooles
Item 7 barrells of Syder
Item 2 spining wheeles

Item Chaires payles old Caske and houshold lumber
Item a smale p r sell of Cooper stuffe
Item his bookes prised att
Item a Syder presse
Item about eight bushells of Indian Corne and one bushell

of Rye
Item porke beife and hoggs fatt
Item butter and Cheese

Item Sugar fruite and spice 6 s and Tobacco 8 s
Item frlax and ffodder
Item Debts Due to the estate from severall p r sons ; some

wherof are Desparate Debts 29 12 01

The estate is Indebted about 14 s

Ephraim Little
Samuell Sprague
[p. 81] Debts Due to the estate of Willam Sherman Deceased
Phillip Leanard is Debter
John Peterson
John Trowbridge
Samuell hatch
I sack Little
Edward Stevens
Walter Joyce
Samuell Sherman
John Phillips
John Doten

A Desparett Debt in the hands of Samuell Sherman
and in the hands of Robert Stanford about forty shillings ;
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The Estate is endebted as followeth
To Benjamine Phillipps 00 03 00

To Timothy Willamson 00 03 06

To hopestill Besbey 00 01 06

To Ephraim Little 00 06 08

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Settlement of William Sherman's Estate.

j [Court Orders, VI : 1 : 65, under date 7 March, 168 1/2.]

Att this Court John Sherman of Marshfeild and Israeli
holmes appeered in reference unto the Disposall of the estate
of Willam Sherman Juni r Deceased, The said Israeli holmes
haveing married Desire Sherman, somtimes the wife of the
aforsaid Willam Sherman The Court haveing heard the please
and Discourses Concerning, the same, have settled the p r sonall
estate unto the said Israeli holmes, his heires executors and
Adminnestrators, provided hee his heires executors or admin-
nestrators, Doe bringe up the Children of the said Willam
Sherman well ; untill they Come of age ; and that hee his
heires executors or adminnestrators Doe pay or cause to be
payed the sume of fifteen pounds in specue when they Come
of age, as is expressed in an obligation ; under hand and seale,
of the said Israeli holmes, bearing Date with these p r sents

Israel Holmes' Inventory.

[Plym. Col. Wills IV : II : 10S]

Inventory of y e estate of Israel Holmes late of Marshneld
deceased taken & apprised May y e 9 th 1685. p r us who have
under subscribed

Imp r rnis To four steers
To five Cowes

To one bull 35 shillings & one two year old steer 25 shil-
lings
to 13 sheep & four lambs
to one horse 4 1 ' & one mare 25 shillings
to one halfe of a yearling Colt
to seven smale swine & four sucking piggs
to 27 shilling and 5 d in Cash
to his wearing Apparell a staffe & A tobacco box
to severall smal books .

to three musquets one sword powder & short
to a saddle pillion & horse furniture
to chests boxes & a desk

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to Cotton & sheeps wool tow & yarne

to severall remnants of linnen & woolen cloth

to 2 meal sives flax teer & other smal things

to several smal basketts

to two feather beds & beding pertaining to them

to brass &: pewter vessels

to a looking glass & glass bottles

to earthen vessels

to a Table forme & table linnen

to a smale table & a cradle

to seven Chaires

to trenchers spoones & dishes

to Tubbs & pails & sundry old cask

to a box smoothing iron & heaters

to a pair of Andirons tongs fire slice & Tramels

to three Iron potts A frying pan & skillet

to two spining wheels & two pair of Cards

to about ten bushels of Come 'not thrashed

to about three bushels of rye & a bushel of wheat

to two meal sacks & a smal quantity of salt

to a Cart wheels plough & yoke

to tools & Iron ware belonging to husbandry

more to sythes sickles hamers & other smal things of iron

to two weavers beames sleas & tackling

to a ladder a sider press & trough 10 s & to a pair of

stockings
to a Cow hide 10 s & two deer skins 3 s
to Cord wood cutt in y e woods
to tanned leather & hemp

Debts due to y e estate

the estate is indebted

besides a house & lands in marshfield & y e widdows bed
not prised

Epharim Little
Samuel Sprague

Desire holmes came into this court & swore that this is a
true Inventory of y e estate of her husband late deceased so far
as she knowes

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HARWICH, MASS., VITAL RECORDS.

{Continued f ram Vol. HI, p. 176.)

[p. 26] Elesabeth Snow the dafter of Thomas Snow was born the

26th of October 1693
Mary Snow the dafter of Thomas Snow was born y e 16th of may

1696
Josiah Snow the sun of Thomas Snow was born the 27 of Janeuary

1699
Ebenzer Snow the Son of Thomas Snow was born y e 14th of feberary

1700
Hanah Snow the dafter of Thomas Snow was born y e 21 of march

172/3
Elkenah flreeman son to John and mercy ffreeman Jun r was born

October . 28 th : 1702 :
Sare flreeman the darter of John flreeman jun was born the the 26

of Janeuary =^1704
Marcy ffreeman daughter to s d John and mercy flreeman was born

April 24 th I'jo^worn]
■ John freeman son to John and mercy freeman was born . 13 th .

august 1709
• Phebe freeman daughter to John and Mercy flreeman was born

novemb : 2S : 17 \\7v0m~]
\ Thanckfull flreeman daughter to John and marcy flreeman was born

October the : 6 : day 17 14
Elkenah ffreeman son to John and marcy flreeman was born febuary

8 day 17 if
Mary freeman daughter to John and marcy freeman was born oct

13d 1719
Benjamen Rogers the Son of John Rogers was born november the

19th = 1704
Judah Rogers the Son of Judah Rogers was born the 29 of desem-

ber=r 1704
Ebenezer Rogers the son of John Rogers was born was born in feb-
erary y e 17th in the yeare 169!
Thankfull Rogers the dafter of John rogers was born in octob[worn\

the 24th day in the yeare 1699
John Rogers the son of John rogers was born in agust y e i[wor7i\

day in the yeare 1701
Jonathan Rogers the son of John rogers was born march y e 20 in the

yeare 1703
I Sarah Rogers daughter to John and Prissila rogers was born July

21 th : 1706
Joseph rogers son to John and Priscila rogers was born septem : 20 :

1708

1/6 Harwich^ Mass., Vital Records.

[p. 28] Marsy Hopkins the dafter of Judah hopkins was born the 17

day of aprell in the yeare 1703
John Hopkins the son of Judah hopkins was born the 23 of Septem-
ber in the yeare = 1704
Martha Hopkins the dafter of Judah hopkins was born the 25 of

march in the yeare = 1705
Rebeckah Hopkins daughter to Judah and Hanah hopkins was born

the tenth of October 1707 :
Judah Hopkins son to Judah and Hanah Hopkins was born October

18 \io\jvorti\
Stephen Hopkins son to Judah and Hanak Hopkins was born Junu-

ary 26 th : 1711/12
desire hopkins daughter to Judah and. hanah hopkins was born in

November the 17 day 17 14
Silvanes Hopkins son to Judah and hanah Hopkins was born febary

the 14 day 17 16/17
hannah hopkins Daughter to Judah and hannah hopkins was born in

June 17 day 17 19
Samuell hopkins son to Judah hopkins and hannah hopkins his

second wife was born in march 14 : 1720/21
Thankfull Crosby the dafter of Ebenezer Corby was born november

the 19th in the yeare = 17 01
Marsy Crosby the dafter of Ebenezer Crosby was born november the

4th =1703
Ebenezer Crosby son to Ebenezer Crosby was born may 5 th 1706
Thomas Croby the son of John Crosby was born Aprell the 17th in

the yeare — 1704
Jonathan Crosby son to John and hannah Crosby was born In

November the 2 day 1705
John Crosby son to John and hannah Crosby was born in august

The 14 day 1707
David Crosby son to John and hannah Crosby was born in April

The 13 day 1709
Joshua Crosby son to John and hannah Crosby was born in August

the 4 day 17 12
Abile Crosby son to John and hanah Crosby was born in desember

The 3 day 17 14

[p. 29] Jabes Snow the son of princ snow was born the 1 1 of novem-
ber the 7th day of the week in the yeare 1699

Hanah snow the dafter of princ snow was born the 29 of november
the 7th day of the week in the yeare 1701

Samwell snow the son of princ Snow was born the 16 of desember
the 5th day of the week in the yeare 1703

mercy snow daughter to Prence and Hanah snow was born novemb
18 th : 1705

Prence Snow son to Prence and hanah snow was born October 26
1707

Hat-ivicJiy Mass., Vital Records. iyj

Jonathan and David snow sons to Prence and Hanah snow were

born december : 2 2 d : 1709
mary snow daughter to princ and hanah snow was born September

the 10 da) 17 12
Joseph grifeth th^ son of Stephen grifeth was born in march 15 th in

the yeare 1699/10
Stephen grifeth the son of Stephen grifeth was born the 15 day of

march in the yeare 170 1/2
Rebekah gririth the dafter of Stephen grifeth was born the 18 day of

June in the yeare 1703
Lazarus Griflth son to Stephen and Rebekah Grifith was born June .

7 th . 1708
Barnabus Griffith son to Stephen and Rebekah Griffith was born

november 21 th 17 10 :
Thankfull griffith daughter to Stephen and Rebekah griffith was born

April the 3 day 17 14
Abraham griffith son to Stephen and Rebekah griffith was born in

July 3 1 day 1 7 1 6

[p. 37] Elizabeth Mayo daughter To John and Hanah Mayo was

born July . 16 . 1706
Stephen King son to Stephen and Abegal King was Born december

22 day 17 17
seth banges son to samuel and mary Bangs was born July 29 : 1705
Samuel Banges son to samuel and Mary Banges was born July 11 th

1707
david Banges son to samuel and mary banges was born march 29 :

1709 :
Mary Banges daughter to samuel and mary banges was born May

2 d : 171 1 :
Joseph Banges son to samuell and mary banges was born in January

The 30 day 17 12/13
mallatiah Banges daughter to samuell and mary Banges was born in

march the 4 day 1 7 1 4/ 1 5
sarah Banges daughter to samuell and mary Banges was Born in

October the 23 day 17 16
Lemuell Banges son to Samuell and mary Banges was Born in June

2 day 17 19
Abijah Bangs Sone to Samuel & Mary Bangs his Wife born July

29 th *743
James and Mary Makers daughter abygaile was born march 5 th 1707

[p. ^8] Thomas Snow and Lidea Hamblen were maried . 30 th . of

septem : 1706
Elisha Hamblen son to Eliezer and Lidea hamblen was born January

26 169!
Lidea snow daughter, to s d Thomas and Lidea snow was born July

24 : i7°7 :

178 Harwich, Mass., Vital Records.

Thomas snow son to Thomas and Lidea snow was born June 15 th

1709
Aaron snow son to Thomas and Lidea snow was born febuary 15

Ruth Snow daughter to Thomas and lidea snow was born febuary

23 : 1712/13
hannah snow Daughter to samuell and mary snow his wife was Born

in march the 9 day 1729/30
Samuel King son to John and Bathshua King was born in June 9 th :

day 1698 :
Ebenezer King son to s d John King was born June 15 th day 1700 :
Bathshua King daughter to John and Mary King was born december

20 th : 1708
marcy King daughter to John and mary King was born may 4 day

1713

[p. 40] John dillingham son to John and Lidea dillingham was born

march 23 d : 1702
Elizebeth daughter to s d John and Lidea dillingham was born august

2 d : 1703
Lidea daughter to s d John and Lidea dillingham was born June 21 th

1705
Hanah daughter to s d John and Lidea dillingham was born febuary

2 d : 1706/7
Rebekah dillingham daughter to John and Lidea dillingham was

born 24 June : 1709 :
Isaac dillingham son to John and Lidea dillingham was born may

4 th 17 11 :
Abigal dillingham daughter to John and Lidea dillingham was born

June 9 day 17 13
Edward dilingham son to John and Lidea dilingham was born in

may The 17 day 17 15
Thankfull dilingham daughter to John an Lidea dilingham was Born

in April the 18 day 17 18
Sarah dilingham daughter to John and Lidea dilingham was born

febuary 10 day 1719/20
Nathael : Hopkins and Mercy Mayo were married may 26 th 1707
David Hopkins son to Nathanael and Mercy Hopkins was born

July : 13 th : 1707 :
Jeremiah Hopkins son to Nathaell and Mercy hopkins was born

march 14 th : 1708
Elizebeth Hopkins daughter to Nathanael and Mercy Hopkins was

born April 21 : 171 1 :
Nathanaell hopkins son to Nathanaell and marcy hopkins was born

in September the 1 day 17 13
Bethyah hopkins daughter to Nathanaell and marcy hopkins was

Born August the 19 day 17 15
Nathanaell hopkins son to Nathanaell and marcy hopkins was Born

September 15 day 17 17

Barnstable County, Mass., Probate Records. 179

marcy hopkins Daughter To Nath 11 and marcy hopkins was Born 21

day of febuary 1719/20
Ruben hopkins son to nathanaell and marcy hopkins was Born in

April 4 day 1722
Samuell hopkins son to Nath 11 and marcy hopkins was born in

August the 30 day 1724
James hopkins son to Nathanaell and marcy hopkins was Born in

march 20 day 1726/7

{To be continued.)

BARNSTABLE COUNTY, MASS-, PROBATE
RECORDS.

{Continued from Vol. Ill, page 202,)

The Settlement of Josiah Cook's Estate.*

[Vol. I, p. 16] An Inventory of the estate of Elizabeth Cook
deceased the wife [worn] Josiah Cook taken the third day may
in the year of our Lord 1687

It to a fether Bedd 02 10 00

It to an old fether Bed 00 15 00

to 4 old pillowes 00 08 00

to a peece of a Rugg and 2 old Blankits & a peece of Cloth 00 06 00

to a Chaf Bolster 00 01 06

to two payr of pillobers

to 4 napkins and to towels

to two payer of Sheetes

to a course Small table Cloath and peece of an old Sheet

to four old Shifts

to a broad cloath wastcoat

to a searge peticoate

to an old home spun wastcoat

to 3 under wastcoats

to 3 peces of aprons & 3 old pathes

to two homespun Coats

to 2 old petticoats

to 4 Capes

to a small Silk hood & a silk cape and a small old Scarfe

to a blue apron

* Printed in full at the request of a liberal contributor to the Colonial
Research Fund.

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180 Barnstable County , Mass. t Probate Records.

to 4 white Capes

to an old Bay apron

to 3 old Neck Clothes

to 6 dressings

to 4 neck hanchirchifs

to squares and head bands

to io small hand Clothes and old Ruges & pinns & hair-'

laces & a bitt or two of old cloath gloves & needls
to a carved Box

to 2 wastcoats &: a pair of Bodies
to an old wainscot Chiest
to an old Chist

to an old Case and what was in it
to spice

to earthen pot and malasas & runlet & other old Lumber
to an old Cheist & stockings
to an hat and hatt Case
to Chaiers and stools
to a payer of shoos
to Brass
to Iron ware
to pewter and spoones
to earthen ware & a glass bottle
to a Jarr & oyle & whale bone
to an old wheel tubes 8z baggs and old Trayes & an old )

chiest to put meale in & other Loumber )

to new Cloath & yarne and wool and Curtaines & S

vallance ) '

to 2 old Chamber pots oo oi oo

to Books oo 04 co

to one Bushel of wheat 00 04 00

to 3 pekes of meale 00 02 03

to money 00 01 02

The Total Sum 15 07 07
[worn] b[y u]s Jonathan Sparrow

Meriam Deane debter to the estate 9 pence

Debtes due from the Estate 01 17 *

due from the Estate to Meriam Deane which the )

Court allowes her and dus app[a/0r«] to be > 09 03 00

due to her )

not praized

An old Iron pott

the frame of an old Skillet

an old payer of siszers and Som other trivial things

* Worn

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Barnstable County, Mass., Probate Records. 181

Meriam Deane made oath to the truth of this Inventory in
the prerogative] Court in Bar nestable may the one and thirtith
day 1687

Duely Compared with the orriganal and entred the 7 th of
November i6S[zuom]

Attest Joseph Lothrop Depty Reg r

[p. 17] [WJhere as there was great Contest varianc and strife
betweene Josiah Cook Bethiah Harding and meriam deane all of
Eastham in the County of Barnestable about tuching or Con-
serning the Estate of Josiah Cook of Eastham deaceased that
was Left after the death of Elizabeth the relict of sd Josiah
Cook deceased Now all whome it may conserne that the parties
at variance as above sd, have agreed before the prerogative
Court held in Barnestable the 31^ of may 16S7 Clearly fairly
and plainly as followeth, that the sd Josiah first above men-
tioned shall pay or Cause to be paid unto Bethiah his sister the
sd wife of Joseph Harding of Eastham aforesd out of his owne
Estate the full Sum of fifty shillings in good merchants pay to
her or her order on or before the last day of November Next
Ensuing the date above mentioned : and for the estate of the sd
Josiah Cook deceased left after the death of the sd Elizabeth
Relict of sd Josiah Cook deceased, the sd Josiah Cook first
above mentioned and the sd Bethiah his Sister to have the
first Choise of fifty shillings there of at the prise as the sd estate
is praised at and then the abovesd meriam deane to have the
second Choise of five pounds of sd Estate as it is praized at and
then the aforsaid Josiah Cook and sd Bethiah to have the 3 d
Choise of fifty Shillings more of sd Estate at the prise as
aforesd and then the sd Meriam deane to have the Choise of
four pounds and three Shillings there of at the prise aforesd,
and of all that of sd Estate that is left when the said meriam
deane hath her due which is nine pounds and three Shillings
the rest to be Equally devided between the sd Josiah Cook and
his Sister Bethiah the wife of the sd Joseph Harding

The parties above mentioned Acknowledged This above
writ to be their act and deed before the Judg of the prerogative
Court June the I st 1687

Joseph Lothrop ; Clerk

[To be continued)

1 82 Chatham, Mass., Vital Records.

CHATHAM, MASSv VITAL RECORDS.

Transcribed from the Original Records

By George Ernest Bowman.

[Volume I]

[p. 10] November y e 10=1748 Then moses Rodgers of hanvich

and Elisebeth Smith of Chatham was mared in Chatham By

Joseph Done Justes of Peace
Desember y e 23 d 1748 then Edman Hall of yarmoth and Zipporah

young of Chatham was mared at Chatham By Thomas winslo

Justes of Pees
Desember y e 23 1748 then Shubel nickrson and mary Hamelton of

Chatham was mared at Chatham By Thomas winslo Justes of

Pees
The above Recorded per mee Daniel Sears town Clark

[p. 11] July the 3 = 1747 thn Davied Ralf and Katrina twining was

mared by the Reverant Joseph Lord
August the 3 1747 then mathes tayler and Desire Harding was

mared by the Reverant Joseph Lord
August y e 24: 1747 then Ebneser Herd was mared to Elizebath

wesen by the Revarant Joseph Lord
August the 25 1747 thn Benimon Bers was mared to Anna Xickrson

by the Reverant Joseph Lord
September the 17= 1747 then Joseph harding and hannah howes

was mared by the Reverant Joseph Lord
October the 29=1747 then Zachriah Smalle was mared to Bethia

Severanc by y e Reverant Joseph Lord
July the 7 = 1748 then Josiah godfree and Eunis godfree both of

Chatham was mared in Chatham by Joseph Done Justes of pees
September the 28 = 1748 then Stephen Cally* of Plymoth and

Catrina fiaingam of Chatham was mared In Chatham by Joseph

Done Justes of peese
The above Recorded per mee Daniel Sears Town Q\\icorn\

[p. 14] Martha Knowels the daughter of Richard and martha

Knowls was born Janawery the 28 : 17H
Richard Knowels the sun of Richard and martha knowels was born

March y e 26 : 17 15
Mercy knowels y e daughter of Richard and martha knowels was

born agust y e : 9 : 171 7
James knowels the sun of Richard and Martha Knowels was born

november y e : n : 1719

♦"Stephen Calley" and "Catherine Flanega" in Plymouth Records, I : 235.

Chatham, Mass., Vital Records. 183

Cornelus Knowles : y e son of Richart Knowels &: Martha Knowles
Was born the 10 th Day of aprill : 1722 : Taken on Record :
July y e 2 d 1722 pr Me Sam 11 Stewart Town Clark

Rebakah Knowels y e daughter of Richard and martha Knowels was
born the 2 day of march 172J

hannah sears the daughter of paul and anne sears was born y e 27
of november 1734

Thankfull Sears y e daughter of Paul and ann Sears was born July
ye— 27 — 1736

ann Sears y e daughter of Paul and ann Seares was born febwery :
ye 16=17374

Ruth Sears the daughter of Paul and anna Sears w T as Born Novem-
ber y e = 1 2 = 1 740

Experans Sears y e daughter of Paul and Anna Sears was Born
October y e = 20=1743

Per mee Daniel Sears town Clark

[p. 15] Mary Lumbert y e Daughter of Caleb & Elizebeth Lumbert
born : June : y e 4 th 1705 Rec d : one Recor d March 23 year
i722 = Recor d p r Me Sam 11 Stewart Town Cleark

Deliverance Lumbert Daughter of Caleb & Elizebeth Lumbart born
the 4 th day of Aprell in y e Yar of Our Lord 1710 Rec d one
Recor d March 23 & year 1722 p r Me Samuel Stewart Town
Clark

Elizabeth Lumbert y e Daughter of Caleb & Elizabeth Lumbert born
Aprill y e first 17 14 Rec d on Record M 23 : 1722 pr Me Sam 11
Stewart Town Clark

Caleb Lumbert y e Son of Caleb & Eizebeth Lumbert born Septem-
ber y e 20th 17 17 E.ec d on Recor d March 22 1722 pr Mee
Sam 11 Stewart Town Clark

Edward Lumburt Son of Caleb Lumbert & Elizebeth Lumbert born
March y e nth 172^- Rec d on Recor d M 23 & y e 1722 pr Me
Sam 11 Stewart Town Clerk

[p. 16] Judeth Nickerson Y e Daughter of Jonathan & Jane Nickerson

Born aprill the 9 th 1720 Recor d pr Me Sam 11 Stewart Town

C\[u'oru]
Jane Nickerso y e Daughter of Jonathan <Sc Jane Nickerson Born y*

9 th of Aprill 1722 Recorded p r Me Samuel Stewart Town Clark
Edward Eldredg Y e Son of Jehoshaphat & Elizabeth Eldredg born

July : y e 17 th 1702 Recor d pr Mee Sam 11 Stewart Town Clark
Jonathan Nickerson Son of Jonathan & Jane Nickerson w T as born

Junery y e 14 1723/4
Simeon Nickerson Son of Jonthan & Jean Nickerson was born In

Aprel y e 10 anod 1727 theis Reckar Mad In Juen y e 4 anodmi

1727 pr Me Th° Nickson Clark
Zipporah young y e daughter of John young and dinah young was

born y e rift day of August 1730

1 84 Chatham, Mass., Vital Records,

[p. 17] Easther Smith y e Daughter of Dean : & Esther Smith Was

Born y e : 6 : th Day of July Anodomini 172 1 Recor d pr Me

Sam 11 Stewart Town Clark
Mary hamultun the daughter of Samuel and bethiah hammeltun was

born y e 4 day of march 1728
Sarah hamultun the daughter Samuell and bethiah hamultun was

born y e 7 day of aprill 1730
Micheall hamulltun the son of Samuel and bethiah hamulltun was

born y e 30 th day of aprill 1732
Mehetabel hamultun the daughter of Samuel and bethiah hamultun

was born y e 5 of desember 1735
Elkanah Nickerson Son of Robert & Rebekah Nickerson Was Born

February y e 14 th 172A- Recorded P r Me Sam 11 Stewart . Town

Clark

[p. 18] Kezia Tucker the Daughter of Samuel & Hannah Tucker

Was born November ano d 1707 Recr d p r Me Sam 11 Stewart

Clark
John Tuker y e Son of Samuel & Hanah Tucker Born September : &

Deceased September In y e year 1709 Recor d per Me Sam 11

Stewart Clark
Thankfull Tucker y e Daughter of Sam 11 & Hanah Tucker bom Sep-
tember : In y e Year 17 10 Recor d pr Me Sam 11 Stewart Town

Clark
Elisabeth Tucker y e Daughter of Samuel & Hanah Tucker Born

September Anodomini 17 12 Record pr Me Sam 11 Stewart Clark
Hannah Tucker Y e Daughter of Sam 11 & Hanah Tucker Wass born

September anodomini 17 14 Recor d pr Me Sam 11 Stewart Clark
John Tucker y e Son of Sam 11 Hanah Tucker was Born March y e 20th

& year 1 7|-f Recor d pr Me Sam 11 Stewart Clark
Samuel Tucker y e Son of Samuel & Hanah Tucker Was born March

y e 16th iyfg * Reord pr Me Sam 11 Stewart Clark
Eunice . Tucker y e Daughter of Sam 11 & Hanah Tucke[worn] Born :

June y e 12th anodomini 1722
these taken One Recor d September Y e 15 th 1722 by Me Samuel

Stewart town Clark

[p. 19] Jeams Mitchel y e Son of William & Sarah Mitchel Was Born
November y e 4th Anodomini 17 18 Record pr Mee Sam 11 Stew-
art CI

Tabitha Mitchell y e Daughter of William & Sarah Mitchell Was
Born Julv y e 19 th 1720 Recor d pr Mee Sam 11 Stewart Town
Clark

Marcy Mitchel Y e Daughter of William & Sarah Mitchel Was Born
May y c 4th 1722 Recorded pr Mee Sam 11 Stewart Tout. Clark

These Taken one Record September V s 22 d 1722 By Me Samuel
Stewart Town Clark

* Apparently altered from " I7{f."

TJie Purchasers of Dartmouth. 185

William Mitchel y e Son of William and Sarah Mitchell was Born

Juney e 3 i d 1725
Thise taken one Rakeard May y e 2 1727 pr Me Thoma s Nickeson

Town Clark
Jun y e 7 th 1733 then Thomas godfree * and bethiah was maried by

Jestice done
October 1732 then henery wilLson and mary harding was married by

Jestice freeman
may y e 31 th 1733 then benjamen barce * and elizabth godfree was

maried by Jestice doane
Jun y e 19 th 1733 then Shuble baker * and ledia Stuard was married

by Jestice doane

[p. 20] Joseph Thorp the Son of thomas k. Mehetable Thorp Was
Born aprell y e the 16th Day 1720 Recorded pr Mee Sam 11 Stew-
art Clark

november 1 1733 then gearg godfree and marcy knowls ware ware
maried by Jestice doane

June y e 19 th 1733 then Shuble backer and lediah Stuard ware maried
by Jestice doane

ma y >" e 3 I I 733 tnen benjame barce and elizabeth godfree ware
maried by Jestice doan

June y e 7 th 1733 then Thomas godfree and bethiah eldreadg ware
marid by Jestice doan

( To be continued. )

THE PURCHASERS OF DARTMOUTH.

Transcribed from the Original Records,
By George Ernest Bowman.

[Plymouth Colony Deeds, Vol. II, Pt. I, pp. 106, 107]
[p. 106] 1660: Prence Gov r :

A writing appointed to bee Recorded as followeth
Att a generall meeting of the Purchasers att Plymouth the
seaventh of march 1652 It was ordered and fully agreed unto
and Concluded by the whole that all that Tract and tracts of
lands lying from the Purchassers bounds on the west side
of Acoughcusse to a river called Accusshaneck and three miles
to the Eastwards of the same ; with all Hands meddows woods
waters rivers Creekes and all appurtenances therunto belonging

* See duplicate record on next page of original.

i86

The Purchasers of Dartmouth.

Should bee given to those whose names are heerunder written
Containing thirty four shares and was then given alloted As-
signed and sett over to them by the whole to have and to hold
to them and their heires and Assignes for ever ; to Devide and
Dispose of the same as they should see good ; and they are to
Satisfy the Indians for the Purchase therof and to beare all
other Due Charges that shall any way arise about the same
According to their severall proportions
Wiliam Bradford a moyety M r hickes

Captaine Standish
M* Colly are and Sarah

Brewster
mr Aldin
mistris Warren
Robert Bartlett
John ffaunce
Manasses Kemton
Gorge Morton
John Dunham
Wiliam Palmer
Thomas Morton
Edward holman
mistris Jeney
Joshua Pratt

Phillip Delanoy
Moses Simons
Edward Bumpas
ffrancis Eaton ;

Tho : Southworth
James hurst
Edward Doty-
John Shaw
ffrancis Cooke
John Cooke
Samuell Cutbert
John Crackston ;
Stephen Tracye
ffrancis Sprague
henery Sampson
Peter Browne *
Constant Southworth Wiliam Bradford to
Gorge Soule mr John howland

The one halfe of John
Crackstones land which
was m r Wiliam Bradford
seni r : his land was
pased over by the said

Wheras these Purchasers whoe by agreement of the whole
had theire proportions of Purchase land falling unto them in the
places above mencioned whoe by agreement had theire severall
names entered into a list (together with some other old Comers)
under the hand of the honored Gov r : late Deceased they Did
Desire that the list of theire Names might bee recorded ; but
.the above written originall list of Names and the agreement
Could not bee found in some yeares ; soe that it was Judged
lost These purchasers notwithstanding still Desiring that what
was theire right might bee recorded ; wherupon order was given
by the aforsaid Gov r that it might bee Done ; in which record
for want of the original! list ; the Names of some are entered
Contrary to the originall graunt and agreement of the Pur-
chasers . as appeers by it ; and alsoe by Divers other purchasers
as w r ell as themselves ; which is an occation of some Difference
alreddy ; and may bee of more ; Therfore it is ordered by the
Generall Court held att Plymouth the 8 th of June 1660: that
the abovesaid originall List should bee entered and the other to
stand in the booke not Defaced but to bee void null and of
none effect

* A careful study of the Dartmouth records and the Plymouth Colony Deeds
shows that this grant was not made to a living Peter Brown, but to the heirs of
" Peter Browne deceased."

The Purchasers of Dartmouth. 187

[p. 107] 1654

The names of those whoe by order of the Purchasers mett
att Plymouth the seaventh Day of march 1652 whoe by Joynt
consent and agreement of the said purchasers are to have theire
prtes shares or proportions att the place or places commonly
called and knowne by the names of Acushena alias acquessent
which entereth in att the westeren end of Neckatay and to
Coaksett alias acoakius and places adjacent ; the bounds of
which Tract fully to extend 3 miles to the Eastward of the
most Easterly prte of the river or Bay called Acushena afor-
said ; and soe alonge the seaside to the river called Coaksett ;
lying on the west side of point p r rill and to the most westermost
side of any branch of the aforsd river and to extend eight miles
into the woods ; The said Tract or tract [s] of Land soe bounded
as abovesaid which is purchased of the Indians which were the
right propriators therof ; as appeers by a Deed under theire
hands with all the mershes meddows rivers waters woods Tim-
bers ; and all other profitts privilidges emunities comodities and
appurtenances belonging to the said Tract or Tracts above ex-
pressed or any prte or prcell therof to belonge unto the prties
whose names are underwritten (whoe are in number thirty four
whole prtes or shares and noe more) to them and their heires
and assignes for ever ;

M r Willam Bradford one whole prte or share
capt : Standish one whole prte or share
M r John Alden one whole prte or share
M r Collyar and Sarah Brewster one whole prte or share
M r howland and Willam Bassett one whole prte or share
Gorge Morton one whole prte or share
Mannasses Kemton one whole share
James hurst one whole share
John Dunham seni r one whole share
John Shaw seni r one whole share
ffrancis Cooke one whole share
John Cooke one whole share
Joshua Pratt one whole share . .

Gorge Soule one whole share
Constant South worth one whole share
Thomas Southworth one whole share .
M b Jenings one whole share
Steven Tracy e one whole share
John ffaunce one whole share
henery Sampson one whole share
Phillip Delanoy one whole share

1 88 Yarmouth, Mass., Vital Records.

M is Warren one whole share
Robert Bartlett one whole share
Willam Palmer one whole share
Edward Dotye one whole share
Samuell hickes one whole share
Peeter Browne * one whole share
ffrancis Sprague one whole share
Moses Simons one whole share
Samuell Eaton one whole share
Thomas Morton one whole share
Samuell Cutbert one whole share
Edward holman one whole share
Edward Bumpase one whole share
In all thirty foure prtes or shares

YARMOUTH, MASS., VITAL RECORDS.

{Continued from Vol. Ill, page 249.)

[p. 16] A Regester of the Bearths and the name of [worn] of

Zachryah and Beathiah paddock Juner : of y[wom]
Icobod : paddock the son of the above said zz\u>orn] Beathiah : was

Borne upon the fierst day of June : i6\worri]
Deborah paddock the daughtuer : of the above said [worn] and

Beathiah paddock was Borne upon the second 6\worn\ Aprell

i6S[worn]
Elesabeth : paddock the daughtuer of the above said Zachryah and

Beathiah was Borne upon the eleventh d[ay] of feburary : in the

year of our lord 1690 :
Zachryah : paddock the son of the above said : Zachryah and

Beathiah : was Borne upon the tenth daye of Novmbr : i6\worn\
James paddock the son of the said Zachryah and Beathi[ah] was

Borne upon the : 24 : day of desember 1694
peter : paddock y e son of Zhachryah & Bethiah padd[ock] was

Borne : in may y e : 27 th : in y e year : 1697 :
Bethiah : paddock y e daughtur of y e said Zachryah & [worn] was

Borne upon y e : 25 th : day of may : in y e : year : 1699
Marey : paddock daugtuer of Zachryah & Bethia[h] as above, was

Borne upon y e : 10 th : day of July : 1701
John Paddock Son of the above Said Zacharyah and Bethyah

p3.[worn] was borne the 21 st day of May in the yeare : 1703 :

* See foot-note on page 186.

Reports from State Societies. 189

daved paddock son of the above s d Zacharyah and Bethyah paddock
was borne the 12 day of august : in the year of our lord :
i7o[tt'0r//]

Presillah paddock (daughter of the above said Zachariah and Be-
thyah Paddock) She was born on the : 29 th day of february in
the yeare : i7of-

hanah Paddok daughter of Zachariah and Mary paddok she was
born aboute the Middle of august in the year : 1709 :

anthony Paddok son of the above s d Zachariah & mary paddok : he
was born on the fifth day of febuary : 17 ji

Charity peese the daughter of Mathew peese and hanah Marchant
She was borne the 9 day of december in the yeare : 1696

tabatha ieuies the daughter of hanah Marchant Shee was borne the
13 day of march in the yeare of our lord : 1703

(To be continued.)

REPORTS FROM STATE SOCIETIES.

MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY.

The thirtieth meeting of the Massachusetts Society was held at the
Hotel Vendome, Boston, on Thursday afternoon, April 10, 1902.

Mr. John Howland Crandon read a paper on " Colonial and Revolu-
tionary Social Life," and several songs were given by Mr. George
Edmund Dwight. The usual informal reception followed. One hundred
and eighty-nine members and guests were present.

The committee appointed to solicit contributions from the members
for the John Robinson Memorial Church at Gainsborough, England, has
collected the sum of one hundred and fifty-four dollars and fifty cents.
This amount, with the appropriation by the Society, making a total of
two hundred and four dollars and fifty cents ($204.50), has been forwarded
to Rev. Samuel B. Forbes of Hartford, Conn., Treasurer of the National
Council of Congregational Churches.

Contributions were received from : Mrs. Charles W. Abbott, George
A. Alden, Rev. Frederick B. Allen, Mrs. Edward Anthony, Jr., L. Dow
Baker, Mrs. Joshua Bates, Mrs. Alonzo B. Bray, Mrs. Charles R. Brayton.
L. Loring Brooks, Charles A. Burditt, Miss Antoinette Clapp, Arthur W.
Clapp, Mrs. Alexander Cochrane, Miss Sarah H. Crocker. Miss Maria
S. Daniels, George A. Dary, Edwin A. DeWolf, William C. Donneil,
Charles A. Dunham, Miss Edith Eliot, Miss Kate G. Field, Mrs. Charles
H. Fisher, Mrs. William H. Friend, Sidney B. Gifford, Mrs. George S.
Hale, Mrs. William P. Hammond, Hon. John F. Hill, Charles A. Hopkins,
Harry M. Howard, Mrs. Jacob R. Huntington, Herbert Jenney, Edward
King, Mrs. William S. Kyle, Mrs. William Lawrie, George H. Leonard,
Miss Mary J. O. McAdoo, Mrs. James McKay, Sr., " A Member,'' Mrs.
William Mixter, Mrs. Frank Moseley, Willard A. Nichols, David W.

1 90 Reports from State Societies.

Noyes, James Atkins Noyes, Edward L. Parker, Mrs. George W. Percy,
Miss Frances A. Plimpton, Mrs. Henry R. Plimpton, 2d., V. C. Pond,
D.M.D., "A Member," Mrs. George H. Quincy, Mrs. Henry E. Raymond,
Daniel C. Remich, Mrs. John M. Rice, George E. Richardson, Mrs.
George E. Richardson, Miss Mary Rivers, H. Curtis Rowley, Warren C.
Rowley, Stephen D. Salmon, Henry S. Shaw, Miss Harriet A. Shaw,
Mrs. James E. Shepard, Mrs. Henry M. Smith, Miss Marion A. Smith.
Mrs. Samuel F. Smith, George H. Stevens, Franklin N. Thatcher, Rev.
Rufus B. Tobey, Mrs. Francis E. Trafton, Edward A. Trowbridge, Mrs.
Joseph H. Tyler, Mrs. Joel C. Walter, Francis A. Ware, Andrew G.
Weeks, Mrs. Henry W. Wilkinson, Mrs. Horace P. Williams, Mrs. Chal-
mers M. Williamson.

Donations to the Library.

"Annual Report of the Registry Department of the City of Boston,
1900," from the Registrar, Mr. Edward Webster McGlenen.

" Supplement No. 2 to Members and Ascendants of the Massachusetts
Society of Colonial Dames of America," from Mrs. Francis P. Sprague.

"The New Haven and Wallingford (Conn.) Johnsons," "The New
Haven (Conn.) Potters" and "John Whitehead, of New Haven and
Branford, Conn.," all three from the compiler, Mr. James Shepard.

"An Address by Rev. Robert F. Coyle, D.D., to the Society of
Colonial Wars " (In Colorado), from the Society.

" Raymond, New Hampshire, Fifty Years Ago," from the author, Mr.
David Henry Brown.

"The First Church in Plymouth, 1 606-1 901," from Mrs. William S.
Kyle.

Thacher's " History of the Town of Plymouth," one copy each of the
first edition, 1832, and the second edition, 1835, from Mr. Edwin S.
Crandon.

"The Indian Sagamore Samoset " and "The Topographical Terms
Interval and Intervale," both from the author, Mr. Albert Matthews.

"History of Marshfield," 1901, from the compiler, Mr. Lysander S.
Richards.

"General Society, Daughters of the Revolution, Address Book, 1898,"
from Mrs. Leslie C. Wead.

Members Elected.
April 25, 1902.

711. Mrs. Edward Aspinwall, Sharon, ninth from John Alden.

712. Alvin A. Vinal, Norweil, tenth from William Brewster.

713. Miss Katharine Kendall Davis, Boston, eighth from William

Brewster.
May 28, 1902.

714. Mrs. William Badger Lawrence, Medford, tenth from William

Brewster.

715. Arthur Ellsworth Linnell, Wollaston, eleventh from William

Brewster.

716. Lucian Bisbee Thompson, Boston, seventh from Francis Cooke.

717. Joseph Walter Ward, San Francisco, Cal., seventh from John

Alden.

Supplemental Lines Filed.
April, 1902.
697. Joseph A. Bursley, ninth from Edward Fuller ; ninth from John

Howland (two lines); eighth from John Howland (four lines).

Reports from State Societies. 191

May, 1902.

635. Mrs. Edward H. Nichols, tenth from James Chilton, ninth from
Mary Chilton.

705. Mrs. Edward L. Davis, eighth from Francis Cooke.

707. George B. Perkins, ninth from John Alden (three lines); tenth from
John Billington, ninth from Francis Billington; tenth from Wil-
liam Brewster (two lines), ninth from Love Brewster; tenth from
Peter Brown; tenth from Francis Cooke (two lines); tenth from
Stephen Hopkins; ninth from Stephen Hopkins; ninth from
George Soule (four lines) ; ninth from Myles Standish (three
lines); tenth from Richard Warren (two lines).

709. Mrs. Charles B. Perkins, eighth from John Alden (two lines); ninth
from John Billington, eighth from Francis Billington ; ninth from
Francis Cooke; ninth from Stephen Hopkins; eighth from Ste-
phen Hopkins; eighth from George Soule (two lines); eighth
from Myles Standish (two lines).

NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Members Elected.

January 2, 1902.

674. Mrs. Charles Henry Brown, Baltimore, Md., seventh from John

Alden.
67 5. Mrs. Henry Oliver Ely, Bingham ton, ninth from William White,

eighth from Peregrine White.

676. Miss Helen Josephine Strickland, New York, eighth from Dr.

Samuel Fuller-
April 2, 1902.

677. Henry A. Richmond, Buffalo, ninth from Thomas Rogers.

678. Mrs. Arthur William Austin, Buffalo, ninth from Francis Cooke,

eighth from John Cooke.
May 5, 1902.

679. Edward Barnes, New York, eighth from William Bradford.

680. William Bardweli Burke, Rochester, eighth from John Howland.
6S1. Mrs. George W. Bowers, San Francisco, Cal., eighth from William

Bradford.

682. Mrs. Charles Thompson Downes, New York, eighth from Myles

Standish.
May 19, 1902.

683. Charles Miner Gorham, San Francisco, Cal., seventh from John

Howland.

684. Miss Adele Kneeland, New York, ninth from Edward Fuller.

685. Miss Marion Jane Terry, Brooklyn, ninth from Francis Cooke.

OHIO SOCIETY.
Members Elected.

April 1, 1902.

43. Mrs. Oscar William Kuhn, Cincinnati, ninth from William Bradford.
May 6, 1902.

44. Benjamin DeWolf Bartlett, Glendale, eighth from Richard Warren.

192 Pilgrim Notes a?id Queries.

February 4, 1902.

45. Samuel Fosdick Jones, New York, N. Y., ninth from William
Brewster.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SOCIETY.

Member Elected.
January 14, 1902.

124. Mrs. Horace Benjamin Sarson, Omaha, Neb., eighth from William
Brewster.

RHODE ISLAND SOCIETY.

Member Elected.
January 8, 1902.

29. \frs. Walter Howland Manchester, Providence, tenth from Francis
Cooke, ninth from John Cooke.

PILGRIM NOTES AND QUERIES.
Notes.

Finding New Mayflower Lines. Many of our readers are pur-
chasing Ancestral Charts in order to get the benefit of the liberal cner
made in our advertising pages. An excellent illustration of the im-
portance of this offer to any one searching for Mayflower ancestry is
furnished by the experience of the first person who sent in a chart for
examination by the Editor. The sender supposed that he was a descend-
ant of Mehitable Barrows, the second wife of Adam 3 Wright (Hester-
Coo ke, Francis 1 ), and was greatly pleased when informed that his descent
was from the first wife, Sarah 3 Soule (John 2 , George 1 ), giving him another
Mayflower line.

The Editor's investigations among the original records have made him
familiar with many lines of Mayflower descent hitherto unknown, and he
has frequently been ^ble to inform inquirers that they were descended
from Mayflower passengers in lines which they had least suspected.
Purchasers of charts on the terms stated in the advertisement will not
only get the advantage of this familiarity with the original records, but
will also have the satisfaction of knowing that they are helping along the
work being done by the Massachusetts Society, since the entire proceeds
are added to the Colonial Research Fund.

Colonial Research Fund. The following additional contributions
to the $2000.00 fund have been received :

General Fund: L. Emery Holden, $100. co; Mrs. William Lawrie,
$50.00; Charles J. North, $4.50; Edwin A. DeWolf, $2.00.

Bradford Fund: Mrs. Lindsay Fairfax, $100.00.

Previously acknowledged, $672.00; Total receipts to date, S92S.50.

We are also informed that the New Jersey Society of Mayflower
Descendants has voted to contribute $25.00 to this fund.

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ANDREW RING'S WILL

he Mayflower

Descendant

Vol. IV. OCTOBER, J 902. No. 4.

ANDREW RING'S WILL AND INVENTORY-

Literally Transcribe J,
By George Ernest Bowman*.

Andrew Ring's first wife was Deborah 2 Hopkins (Stephen 1 ) ;
his second was Lettice ( ) Morton, widow of John 2 Mor-
ton {George 1 ). He survived both wives, dying at Plymouth
on Wednesday, 22 February, 1692/3. The Plymouth town
records [Vol. I, p. 202] state that he died "22 of february
169I", but this was an error of the town clerk, since the in-
ventory was taken 18 March, 1692/3, and the will was probated
22 March, 1692/3. The Plymouth First Church records con-
tain the following entries of the deaths of Andrew and Lettice
Ring: "Andrew Ring dyed, february, 22 : in his seventy fifth
yeare." [Vol. I, Pt. V, p. 26, under year 1692]. " Lettice, the
(second) wife of Andrew Ring, february, 22 : about 66 yeares
of age." [Vol. I, Pt. V, p. 20, under year 1690].

Andrew Ring's will is now in possession of the Connecticut
Historical Society, at Hartford, Conn. They have had it for
many years and do not know from whom they received it.
Permission to photograph it was secured through the courtesy
of their Librarian, Mr. Albert Carlos Bates.

The will is written on the first two pages of a four-page
folio, seven and five-eighths by eleven and seven-eighths inches
in size, and is very little worn. It is in the handwriting of the
Rev. John Cotton of Plymouth. Our illustration shows the
second page with the unusual number of ten autograph signa-
tures, one of Andrew Ring, three of Rev. John Cotton, two
of James Cole, two of Elizabeth Doty,* one of Major William
Bradford and one of Samuel Sprague, the Register of Probate.

* Daughter of Jacob 2 Cooke {Francis 1 ) and first wife of John 2 Doty {Edward 1 ).

133

194 Andrew Ring s Will and Inventory.

The third page contains two more signatures of Bradford and
two more of Sprague.

The will and inventor}- are recorded in the Plymouth County
Probate Records [Vol. I, pp. 163-165], but the record does not
contain either the supplementary statement signed by the three
witnesses or that signed by John Cotton alone.

The copy of the will here presented was made from the
original document ; the copy of the inventor}' was made from
the probate record as the original has disappeared from the
files.

The last will & Testament of Andrew Ring of Plimouth

I Andrew Ring being now stricken in yeares & weake in
body, but of disposing minde & memory, not knowing how
neere the day of my death may be, doe make this my last will
& Testament hereby revoking all former wills.

Imprimis, I bequeath my soule into the hands of God who
made it, & my body to the earth by decent buriall in hopes of
a Joyfull Resurrection to eternall life by the merits of Jesus
Christ my only Lord & Redeemer.

And as for the worldly estate which God hath given me,
my will is, it be disposed of as followeth ; I give to my Elder
son william, mv now dwelling house & the land & housing
adjoyning thereunto, excepting that portion I have taken out
of it to give to my son Eliezer as hereafter expressed ; Also I
give to my son William my twelve acres of upland lying in the
New-feilds, & rive acres lying at lout-swamp both within the
township of Plimouth ; Also to my son william I give foure acres
of meadow lying at Southers marsh at the East end of the
Cedar swamp, and three acres of meadow in the Cove, and two
acres of meadow at the oake, and one acre of meadow at
Dotey's meadows, all which meadows are within the township
of Plimouth ; Also I give to my son william one hundred acres
of upland & eight acres of meadow which I have lying within
the towneship of Midlebury, All the abovementioned lands,
whether uplands or meadows, lying & being either in the towne
of Plimouth or Midlebury, I doe hereby freely & absolutely
give & bequeath to my said son william, his heires & Assignes
for ever. Also to my son william, I .give my plow & plowirons,
all the iron worke in the cart, Horse-geares, chaine, couples,
staple of the coppy-oake, working tooles. Augurs, gouges, spade,
handsaw, axes, Hoe, hammer & such like. Also to my son
william I give all the corne & provision laid in for the yeare.

Andrew Rings Will and Inventory. 195

Moreover, I give to my son Eliezer, that portion of land
adjoyning to his house containing about the third part of an
acre, and two acres of upland & swamp lying neere thereunto ;
Also I give to my son Eliezer foure acres of meadow lying at
Pollapody-cove ; Also I give to my son Eliezer, my twenty
acre lott of upland, and my five & twenty acre lott of upland
lying in the Towneship of Midlebury, This homestead now
exprest & the lands, uplands & meadows in the townships either
of Plimouth or Midlebury, I doe hereby freely & [absolutely
give & bequeath to my said son Eliezer, his heires & assignes
for ever. Also I give my land at Midlebury, commonly called
& knowne by the name of the sixteene-shillings purchase to
my Grand-son John Mayo, son to my daughter Elizabeth Mayo
late of Eastham, deceased, my will further is, that in case said
John Mayo dye before he come of age or without lawfull issue,
that then said land or the value of it be given to his surviving
sisters, the daughters of my said daughter Elizabeth Mayo, by
my Executor hereafter named. Also I give my cow, commonly
called, short bob-taile cow to my Grand-son Andrew Ring son
of my son Eliezer. Also I give my Heifer to my grand-daugh-
ter Mary Morton, daughter of my daughter Mary Morton.
Also my will is, that all my debts be paid out of my moveables
before division of them. Further my will is, that all the rest
of my Estate in Moveables of any sort whatsoever within doores
or without be equally & Justly divided betwixt my son Eliezer
and my three daughters Mary, Deborah & Susanna. Also I
doe make & constitue my son william Ring sole Executor of
this my last will & Testament. Also I doe hereby desire &
appoint my loving friends Deacon Thomas Faunce and Ephraim
Morton Junior to be overseers of this my will.

In witnesse whereoff I have hereunto set my hand & seale
this fourteenth day of December, one Thousand, six hundred,
ninety and one Andrew Ring

Signed, sealed & declared (seal)

by Andrew Ring to be his
last will & Testament, in
the presence of us.

John Cotton

James Cole

Elisabeth doty

M r John Cotton and James Cole two of y e Wittnesses here
named appeared on y e 22 th day of march 169 J Before William
Bradford Esq r Judge &c and made oath in plimouth that they

196 Andrew Rings Will and Inventory.

were present and Saw & heard Andrew Ring y e Testator afore
named Sign Seal & declare y e above & within written to be his
last Will & Testament & that to the best of their judgment he
was of Sound & Disposing mind & memory when he did y e
same And ) rt they saw Elizabeth Dotey now Deceased Sub-
scribe with them as a witness also ;

Attest Samuel Sprague Register

Furthermore wee the above named witnesses doe testify,
that Andrew Ring abovenamed did at the time of signing &
sealing his said will declare before us, that seeing his son
william Ring had for divers yeares past taken the care of the
family & bin the support of his old age & of his wife late
deceased, & had also bin at considerable charge for almost a
yeare with his daughter Elizabeth Mayo & divers of her chil-
dren, therefore he acknowledged himselfe Justly indebted to his
said son william the surame of fifteen pounds & that said
fifteene pounds should be laid out for & given to said william
by his overseers abovenamefd] before the division of his movea-
bles betwixt his son Eliezer & his three daughters, & the
remainder to be to them as is above willed,
witnesse our hands the
day & yeare above written
John Cotton
James Cole
Elisabeth doty
This next above written Testified upon oath by s d m r Cotton
& James Cole y e 22 of march 169I before me

William Bradford
Justice of peace
I underwritten doe attest, that Andrew Ring the Testator
did divers times in September & October 1692 : call upon me
to cancell his will, declaring that his son william should have
his whole estate both in lands & moveables (excepting the lands
he had given to his son Eliezer & grand son John Mayo) in
Consideration of his loving & tender care of him & expence &
trouble to support him in his long weaknesse :

November witnesse my hand

19 1692 : . John Cotton

This Sworne to p r s d m r Cotton 22 d of march 169I

Before me William Bradford

Justice of peace
William Bradford Esq r Commissionated By his Excellency
S r William Phips Kn* Captain Generall and Govern r in Chief

Andrew Rings Will and Inventory.

in and over their Majesties Province of y e Massachusets Bay
in New England with the advice & consent of y e Councill for
y e Granting probate of Wills & fetters of Administration
within y e county of plimouth &c.

To all to whome these presents shall come or may concern
Greeting

Know yee that before me at plimouth on y e 22 th day of
march 169I The Will of Andrew Ring Late of plimouth afore-
said to these presents annexed Was proved approved and
allowed who having while he lived and at the [tim]e of his
Death Goods Chattells Rights & Credits. Y e said Deceased
and his Will in any maner concerning was Committed unto
his Son William Ring Executor in y e Same Will named well
& truly to Administer y e same And to make a true & perfect
Inventory of all and Singular y e Goods Chattels Rights &
Credits of y e said deceased and the same to Exhibit into y e
Registers office of y e said County according to law also to
Render a true and Plain account of his said Administration
upon oath. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and the seal of y e said office

(Seal) William Bradford

Sam 1 Sprague Register

The Within Written Will & Probate annexed are Recorded
in y e 163 d & 164 th pages of Plimouth Counties Book of Wils
& Inventories :

p r S : Sprague Regis tr
[Plym. Co. Prob. Reds., 1 : 164]

An Inventory of y e estate of Andrew Ring late of Plim-
outh deceased Taken & apprised by us whose names are here-
unto Subscribed on y e 18 th clay of March i69§.

Imp r : In his Wearing Apparrell both linnen and *)
Woollen ^ }

I 1 In Books

Item In Beds and Bedding & Table linnen
Item In New Cloth and yarn and Plemp
Item In Pewter and Brass

Item In jron Pot Kettle and Pothooks & hakes & Tongs
Item In jron Tacklin belonging to Plow & Cart and *)
other old jron an Iron tooles y

Item in Earthen vessels & Glass Bottles
Item In Tables Chist Boxes Wooden vessels chairs
Item in three Cows and two sucking Calves
more in one heiffer one steer & two young Cartel
Item In meal Baggs

14
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14
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.6
10
10

•5
.6

••7

• -4

••9

19S Chatham, Mass., Vital Records.

Item in Debts Due to y e Estate ... .5

to a Morticing ax and Spitt & some cloth and a Sythe ... 12

The estate Indebted

for funerall charges & monies disbursed for Attendance

More for Dyeting Nurses

More in Dyet &: my attendance & wintering Cattel

And I have Received of my fathers money . .5 10

Ephraim Morton jun r
Thomas ftaunce

William Ring y e executor of y e last Will & Testament of
his late father Andrew Ring deceased made oath Before Wil-
liam Bradford Esq r in Plimouth y e 4 th day of Aprill 1693 that
y e above written is a true Inventory of y e estate viz 1 goods &
chattels of sd deceased So far as he knoweth and that if more
shall Come to his knowledge he will discover it

Attest Sam 1 Sprague Register

CHATHAM, MASS,, VITAL RECORDS,

{Contimied from page iSj.)

[p. 21] Thomas : Nickerson Son of Thomas & Mary Nickerson was

born December y e 24 1696 p r Recor d Sam 11 Stewart CI
Ledea : Covil y e Daughter of Joseph & Ledea Covel was born y e

12 th of July 1701 Recor d p r Me Sam 11 Stewart C
Thomas Nickerson : & Ledea Covel was Married y e 16 th of May

1 7 16 p r Joseph Doane Just of peace. Record pr me Sam 11

Stewart Clark
Desiar Nickerson y e Daughter of Thomas & Ledea Nickerson was

born y e fifth Day of february 17 18
Thomas Nickerson y e Son of Thomas & Ledea nickerson was born

february y e 28 th 1720
Ledea : Nickerson y e Daughter of thomas & Ledea Nickerson was

born y e 30 th Day of March : 1722 & Deceased : one y e 15 th Day

of August folowing In y e s d year 1722
all Taken one Record : y e 18 th Day of Janawary 1725 p r Me Sam 11

Stewart town Clark
Ledea Nickerson y e Daught of thom s : Nickerson And Ledea Nicker-
son was born y e 16 of fabary In the year of our Lord 1724 a

tru Reckerd Mad by me thoms Nickerson Jur town Clark
Ansel : Nickerson Son of Th° : & Ledea Nickerson was born y e 2 th

Day of May 1727 This Rackerd Mad In Jun y e 22 Day 1727

pr Me Thomas Nickerson Clark

Chatham, Mass., Vital Records. 199

prince Nickerson son of Th° : Nickerson and Ledea Nickerson was
born y e 10 Day of augst anomi 1729 Reckord Made Apral
y e 27 = 1730 pr Me Th° Nickerson Town Clark

[p. 22] Jeams Stewart : y e Son of Joseph : <Sc Mary Stewarart was
born May y e 9 th 1722 Record p r Samuel Stewart Clark

Mery Stewart y e daughter of Joseph and Mery Stuart was born
march y e 26 th 1724 Recortd p r Daniel Sears Clark

Abigell Stewart y e daughter of Joseph and mary Stewar[w^r«] was
born march y e 15 th 1726 Recorded p r Daniel Sears Clar[z^w//]

[p. 23] Elisabeth Covel : y a Daughter of : John & Thankfull Covill
was Born July 9th 1722 Recorded pr Me Samuel Stewartt
Clark

[p. 25] Ruth Collens the daughter of Joseph and Abgel Collens was

born October the : 21 = 1739
Joseph Collens the Sun of Joseph and Abigel Collens was born

november the= 5= 1741
Benaiah Collens the Sun of Joseph and Abigel Collens was Borne

October the : 29 = 1743
Stephen Collens the Sun of Joseph and Abigell Collens was Born

October : the : 31 = 1745
This Record was mede June \- 2= 1746 Daniel Sears town Clark
Jerusha Nickson y e daughter of willam and hannah nickrson was

born november the 21 — 1739
Barzillai : Nickrson y e Sune of willam and hannah nickrson was born

march y e S= 1743
Jonathan Nickrson y e Sun of willam and hannah nickrson was Born

aprely e 13—1747

[p. 26] Jenewery y e 28 : 17 41 Then Elisabeth Ray and hur two
Children was worned to depart y e town by Ebenezer Nickrson
Constubel = per mee Daniel Sears Clark

Samuel Crowel Sun of Jonathan and Anne Crowel was Born march
ye 16= 174J Entred by Daniel Sears Cla[aw«]

[p. ^^~\ Marcy Cohoon : y c Daughter of William & Sarah Cohoon

Was Born May : y e 7th : 1757
Sarah Cohoone : y e Daughter of William & Sarah Cohoon Was

Born : March 4 1 " 1719/20
Jeams Cohoon : y- Son of William & Sarah Cohoon Was Born :

May y e 8th : 1721
this taken one Recor 4 : March 20 th 1722/3 pr Me Sam 11 Stewart

Clark
Hannah Collens y e Daughter of Solomon and Eunes Collens was

Born June y e 5= 1728

200 Chatham, Mass., Vital Records.

Ruben Collens y e Sun of Solomon and Eunes Collens was Born June

y e 10 — 1730
Enock Collens y e Sone of Solomon and Eunes Collens was Born

desember y e 2 = 1731
Asuba Collens y e daughter of Solomon and Eunes Collens was Borne

Juney e 10=1733
Cyrranas Collens y e Sone of Solomon and Eunes Collens was Born

Juney e 26=1735
Solomon Collens y e Sone of Solomon and Eunes Collens was Born

march y e 23 = 1737-
Eunes Collens y e daughter of Solomon and Eunes Collens was Born

June y e : 2^ = 1742
This taken one Record febwery y e 8 : 1743 pr mee Daniel Sears

town Clark

[p. 34] Rebekah Hamelton y e Daughter of Thomas : & Rebekah

Hamelton was Born November y e 2i.st : anodomini 1720
Nathaniel Hamelton y e Son of Thomas & Rebekah Hamelton was

Born August y e 23 d anodomini 1722 Put one Reccord pr me

Sam 11 Stuart Clark
Simeon rider the Son of John and mehetable rider was born aprill

y e 4 th 1720
Mehitable rider the daughter of John and Mehitable rider was born

Jenuary y e 27 — 17 24 s
Zenus rider y e son of John and mehitable rider was born aprill y e

27 — 1726
bethiah rider y e daughter of John and mehitabl rider was born

September y e 11 th 1728
asaph smith the son of dean and ester smith was born february the

18 th 1 7 28 --9
Grace Hamelton y e daughter of Thomos and Rebak Hamelton was

Born July y e 24= 1724
Lidia Hamelton y e daughter of Thomos and Rebak Hamelton was

born aprel y e 24= 1726
Jane Hamelton y e daughter of Thomos and Rebak Hamelton was

born aprel y e 19= 1728
Zeruiah Hamelton y e daughter of Thomos and Rebak Hamelton was

born aprel y e 27 = 1731
Delilah Hamelton y e daughter of Thomos and Rebak Hamelton was

born June y e 28 : 1734
Thomos Hamelton y e son of Thomos and Rebak Hameltone wase

born September y e 14 1739

[p. 35] Meary Hopkens y e daughter of Elisha and Experans Hop-
kins was born March y e 12 = 1726 pr mee Daniel Sears Clark

Daved Howes The sune of Thomoes and Rebakah Howes was born
may : y e : 9 — 1736

Chatham, Mass., Vital Records. 20 1

Thomos Howes the sune of Thomos and Rebakah Howes was born

October : y e : 31 = 173S
Richard Howes the sune of Thomos and Rebakah Howes was born

april : y e : 14= 1742
Desier Atkens y e daughter of Joshue and Sarah atkens was Born

march y e 10 — 1734-
John Atkens y e sone of Joshue and Sarah atkines was Born march

ye 7 : 17361-
Susana atkens y e daughter of Joshue and Sarah atkens was borne

march y e 6 = 1738^-
Sarah atkens y e daughter of Joshue and Sarah atkens was born June

y e 28= 1742
Samuel Crowel y e Sun of Johnathan and ann Crowel was Born

march y e 16= 1742^-
Bethia Atwod y e daughter of Joseph and Deborah atwod was born

febwery y* 3 = 1743*
Rebakah Crowil the daughter of Paul and Rebakah Crowel was born

October the 18= 1742
Paul Crowel y e sun of Paul and Rebakh Crowel was born march the

18=174*

[p. 42] Elizabeth adams the daughter of m r hugh and Susanah

adams was born y e the 5 day of may 17 13
temperence Stuard the daughter of Joseph and mary Stuard was

born the 15 of march 17 13

[p. 47] Darkos Done the daughter of Joseph and Darkos Done

was Born : november the 2 = 1741
Joseph Done the sune of Joseph and Darkos Done was Born febwery

the 10= 1744
Hannah Done the daughter of Joseph and Darkos Done was Born

October the : 29 ■== 1745
Ruth Done the daughter of Joseph and Darkos Done was Born

march the = 25 = 1748

[p. 55] Rebekeh Sears y e daughter of Daniel and Sarah Sears was

born march y e = i9 = 1710
Daniel Sears y e sone of Daniel & Sarah Sears was born June the

furst day= 17 12
Sarah Sears y e daughter of Daniel and Sarah Sears was born the

1 1 day of aprel = 1 7 1 4
Marcy Sears y e daughter of Daniel and Sarah Sears was born iuly

the 17= 17 16
Richard Sears y e son of Daniel and Sarah Sears was born aprel the

26= 1718
Daved Sears y e sone of Daniel and Sarah Sears was born aprel the

21 ~ 1720

202 The Will and Inventory of JoJin Bass.

Dabrah Sears y a daughter of Daniel and Sarah Sears was born

October the 13 = 1722
John young the son of John and dinah young was born y c second

day : of July 1733
Elisebeth Kendrick y e daughter of Soloman Kendrick and Elisibeth

Kindrick was born august y e 29 — 1736

{To be continued.)

THE WILL AND INVENTORY OF JOHN BASS AND

THE PETITION AGAINST THE APPROVAL

OF THE WILL.

Transcribed from fhe % Original Doctiments,
By George Ernest Bowman.

John Bass made his will 25 June, 17 16, and died at Brain-
tree, Mass., 12 September, 17 16, having survived his wife
Ruth 2 Alden (John 1 ) nearly forty-two years. His will and
inventory are recorded in the Suffolk County Probate Records
at Boston,* and the original documents from which our copies
were made, are still in the files. f With the will and inventory
is preserved a petition from the testator's son, John Bass, and
his son-in-law, Ephraim Thayer, praying that the will be not
allowed on account of the undue influence of another son, John
Bass, Jr., and his family. This petition, signed by Joseph Bass
only, was presented 22 October, 17 16. Since the will was
allowed on that date and the petition was not entered on the
probate records and no record of any appeal to a higher court
can be found, it is evident that the dissatisfied heirs decided
to drop the matter.

In the name of God, amen. The Twenty fifth Day of June
Anno : Dom one thousand Seven Hundred & Sixteen, I, John
Bass of Braintry, in the County of Suffolk, in New England,
Wheel-wright, being of perfect minde and Memory, thanks be
given unto God therefor ; calling to mind the Mortality of my
body, and knowing that it is appointed for Men once to dye,
Do make and ordaine this my Last will and Testa [ment] That
is to Say, Principally, and first of all, I give and recomen[d] my
Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, hoping through the

* Vol. XIX, pp. 202, 203, 270. t Docket 37S5.

The Will and Inventory of JoJui Bass. 203

merits, Death & Passion of ray Saviour Jesus- Christ to have
full and free Pardon and forgiveness of all my Sins, and to
Inherit Everlasting Everlasting life ; and my body I commit
to the Earth to be decently buried at the Discretion of my
Executor hereafter named ; nothing doubting but at the Gen-
eral Resurrection I Shall Receive the Same againe by the
mighty Power of God. And now for the Settleing the Tem-
poral Estate wherewith It hath pleased God to bless me far
above my deserts, I do order, give, and dispose the Same in
manner and forme foll[ow]ing : (That is to Say) First I Will
that all those Debts & duties as I owe in Right or conscience
to any Person or Persons whatsoever, shall be well and truly
contented, and paid, or ordained to be paid in convenient time,
after my Decease, by my Executor Hereafter named.

Item, I Give and bequeath to my well beloved Son John
Bass (whom I likewise constitute, make, and Ordaine my only &
Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament) that Piece
of Land called the Calf -Pasture being about an acre, to him,
his Heirs and assigns forever : Further I Give to my Said Son
John Bass all other, my Pasture-Land, Plough-Land, Meadow,
Salt & Fresh, Wood Land and other Estate whatsoever, not
hereafter in this my Last Will particularly mentioned, and dis-
posed of, to be Improved by him duri[ng] his Natural life, and
after his Decease to his Son John Bass his Heirs and assigns
forever, Excepting that the Said John Bass Jun r Should Dye
without Legal Isue, in which case my will is that it pass to
the next Heir ; also my Will is that the Said John Bass Jun r .
should Improve Some part of the abovementioned Lands during
his Father's life, at his Father's pleasure. And Further my
will is that whatsoever I have heretofore given to my Said Son
John Bass, which hath been in his Improvement, Shall be after
his Decease Decease, for his Son Samuel & which I do herby
confirm to the Said Samuel Bass, his Heirs and Assigns for-
ever, Only Reserving a Liberty to my Son John Bass aforesaid
to Will any part of what I have thus given him & his Sons,
unto his Wife (in Case she outlives him) during her Natural
life, not Exceeding a Fourth part thereof.

Item I Give and bequeath to my Son Samuel Bass all my
Lands at Stand-brook, in Salters-Farme being part of the foure-
Score Acres (so called) be it more or less : also half my Lands
at Rye-Island, (the whole being Ten Acres) his part to be on
the Northern Side thereof : also a Strap of Land in the House
Lot, in Salters Farme near Two Acres, lying between what
he bought of his brother Joseph, and Coll : Quincey's Land,
on the East Side of the Cart-way. Also part of the Plain-Lot

204 The Will and Inventory of John Bass.

(so called) so far as he hath fenced, being the Easternmost End
of the Said Lott, all which I give to him his Heirs and Assigns
forever.

As to my Son Joseph Bass, 1 have already given him, his
full part or portion out of my Estate, to which I here add five
Shillings, to be paid by my Executor &c

I[te]m I give and bequeath to my Two Daughters, Mary
Copeland, and Sarah Thayer, each of 'em, an acre (be it more
or less) of Salt Meadow (which is already in their Improve-
ment) during their Natural life, and after their Decease to my
Son John Bass if Surviving, (otherwise to his Son John) He,
(and in case of his Decease, his Son John) paying five Pounds
money, to the Children of each of my Said Daughters, that is
in all Ten Pounds, to be distributed among them equally, Im-
mediately after their Mother's Decease or as they come of
age ; also I give to my Daughters aforesaid, Each of 'em, Ten
Pounds, to be paid by my Executor, in convenient time after
my Decease, also all my House-hold moveables to be equally
divided between them.

Item I Give to all my Grand-Daughters, that are the Chil-
dren of my Two Deceased Daughters, viz Ruth, and Hannah,
Ten Shillings, A-piece, to be paid to Each of them by my
Executor ; in convenient Time after my Decease, to Such as
are of age, and the Rest as they come to age.

Item I Give to my Grandson John Bass, that Spott of
Ground on which he hath Erected his Dwelling-House : And
further, one half of my Barn, and Yard thereto belonging ;
and the other half of the Barn & yard afores d , I Give to his
Brother Samuel Bass ; these to be enjoyed by them, their
Heirs & Assigns forever, and And I do hereby utterly disallow,
Revoake and disannul all, and every- other former Testaments,
Wills, and Legacies, Bequests and Execut" by me in any ways
before this Time named Willed & bequeathed, Ratifying and
confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testa-
ment, In Wittness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand &
Seal, the Day & year abovewritten
Signed, Sealed, Published,

Pronounced and Declared John Bass (Seal)

by the Said John Bass, as
his last Will and Testament
In the Presence of us the
Subscribers,
Susanna Webb
Jonathan Webb
Benjamin W T ebb

The Will and Inventory of John Bass. 205

Suffolk Ss By the Hon ble Samuel Sewall Esq r Judge of
Probate &c

The aforegoing will being presented for probate by John
Bass the Executo r therein named.

Susanna Webb Jonathan Webb and Benjamin Webb per-
sonally appearing made Oath that they Saw John Bass the
Subscriber to the within Instrument Signe Seal and heard
him publish and Declare the Same to be his last Will and
Testament and that when he so did he was of sound disposeing
mind and Memory According to their best discerning and that
they Set to their names as wittnesses of the Execution thereof
in the Said Testators presence
Boston Octob r : 22 d 17 16 Samuel Sewall

Braintry November 21: 1 7 1 6

an Inventorey of the Esteate of John Bass sener Late of
Braintry decst

ll s d

to a Silver Cupp 3 01 00

to a hetchell wheele adds two chees fatts 00 06 06

two brass kittles & skilett 01 05 00
one Iron pott spitt tramill tongues &: fire shovell & other )

small Iron things | 00 15 00

to Severall Smale thing as hammer ax & saw 00 06 00

old Putter two platers two bassons & old puter pott 00 16 00

Earthen ware one platter two muggs 00 02 06

a long table form Cubberd box & needing trough: chorn 01 10 00

for old Lumber cheirs tubbs & pails Little table 01 04 00

for 3 old barrels .4. wooden dishes & . 9 . trenchers 00 06 00

three old cheests 00 06 00

a grate bible 00 06 00

a feather bead & bolster three coverleads beadstead & cord 07 15 00

his wearing cloaths 04 00 00

three shirts 3 napkins and a pilibear OI 6 00

two old baggs ■ 00 03 00

an old Sword 00 05 00

two Cows 08 00 00

To Cash in the house 00 10 10
The land in the Pasture aboute 10 acres & half in the)

stoney held _ } 55 °° °°

14 acres of land in the Capt plaine ^5 00 00

one Lott in the . Coo . acres ^ co 00

10 acres of upland in the farm at Ry Island r 00 00

4 acres of land in the farm on the Island IO 00 00

2 acres & half of upland In the house iott jy IO 00

Seven acres of Salt marsh ^ 00 00

206 The Will and Inventory of Jo Jin Bass.

one Share in the pine swamp 02 00 co

Solomon vezey
John Cleverly
Peter Adams

A Bill dated Jan r 24 . 1696 . obliging Joseph Bass to") r-
pay Three pounds j ^

Febr. 11 th . 1716. John Bass the executor made oath that the
foregoing is a true & perfect Inventory of the estate of his
Father John Bass lately deceased and that if more hereafter
apear he will cause it to be added

Coram Samuel Sewall J. piobate.

Petition of the Heirs.

Suffolk wSs : To the Honourable Samuel Sewall Esq r Judge of
probate & ra :

Joseph Bass and Ephraim Thayer and other the Children
of John Bass late of Braintry dece d Humbly pray that the Will
of their said late ffather may not be proved. For the following
reasons

1 First because he was under great insanity of mind at
makeing the Sd Will and Benjamin Webb one of the Witnesses
to y e s d W r ill has declared that y e Testator acted Childish when
he Executed the same.

2 ] >' For that he was perswaded by his Son John Bass &
wife to cutt off his Son Joseph by making this new will and
being Stricken in years was much awed by his grandson John
Bass.

3 For that the Testator in his life time Setled some part
of his Estate by Deed upon his Son John And by his present
will has given it to his Grandson Samuel Bass which Evidences
that he was non Compos Mentis at the time of making y e said
Will

4 ] y For that he has given his Wife but one forth part of
his Estate when the Law of this province Sets forth one third
to the widow.

5 For that there is a Legacy in the Said Will uncertain
which is given to his Grandson John Basse's Son John when
at the same time there is no Such person in being nor any
probability that there will be at present

6 For that the Testator has given Legacys to the Daugh-
ters of his Children Ruth Webb and Hannah Adams both dece d
and has totally Excluded their Sons.

Boston Octo r 22 d 1 7 16 Joseph Basse

Harwich^ Mass., Vital Records. 207

HARWICH, MASS., VITAL RECORDS,

{Continued from page ijg.)

[p. 41] Nicolas Snow and Lidea Shaw was Meryed April 4 th : 16S9
Jonathan son to s d Nicolas and Lidea snow was born January : 30 th :

1691/2
Mark son to s d Nicolas and Lidea snow was born : April 30 th 1695
Nathanael son to s d Nicolas and Lidea snow was born October : 16 th :

1697
Joshua son to s d Nicolas and Lidea snow was born August 18 th :

1700
Thankful! daughter to Nicolas and Lidea snow was born febuary .

7 . 1 701/2
Sarah daughter to Nicolas and Lidea snow was born march . 20 .

1 7°3/4

phebe daughter to Nicolas and Lidea snow was born November :

17 : 1705
Prence son to Nicolas and Lidea snow was born december . 26 .

1707 ^ ■_

Richard Hopkins son to samuel and Lidea Hopkins was born

November . 26 . 1707 :
Reliance Hopkins daughter to samuel and Lidea Hopkins was born

November 17 th : 1709
Lidea hopkins daughter to Samuell and Lidea hopkins was born

In June The 1 day 17 13
sarah hopkins daughter to samuell and Lidea hopkins was Born

July 25 day 17 17
susanna Hopkins daughter to Samuell and Lidea Hopkins was Born

in July the 7 day 17 19
moses hopkins hopkins son to samuell and lidea hopkins was Born

in march 172 1/2
Theodosius son to samuell and lidea hopkins was Born in ninth day

of november 1726
Nathan hopkins son to samuell and Lidea hopkins was born in June

the 16 day 1729
samuel Cole son to James and Hanah Cole was born decemb 122:

1695
Ruth Cole daughter to s d James and Hanah Cole was born : no-

vemb 16 : 1698
Martha Cole daughter to s d James and hanah Cole was born July 1 :

1700

[p. 42] Stephen Merrick and Deborah Snow were Married on
November 21 th : 1706 :

208 Harwich, Mass., Vital Records.

Joshua Merrick son to Stephen and Debora.h merrick was born in

April . 17 th : 170S :
snow myrick son to Stephen and deborah myrick was born January

the 15 day 1709/10
deborah myrick daughter to Stephen and deborah myrick was born

in June 20 day 17 12
samuell myrick son to Stephen and deborah myrick was born in

January the 5 day 17 14/15
Olever myrick son to Stephen and Deborah myrick was born in

december the 14 day 1716
Thomas myrick son to Stephen and Deborah myrick was born in de-
cember the 12 day 17 18
simmeon myrick son to Stephen and Deborah myrick was bom in

April 172 1
Jabez myrick son to Stephen and Deborah myrick was born in feb-

ruary 1722/3
Jethro myrick son to Stephen and Debroah myrick was born in

Augst 1725
Relianc Hinckely daughter to Samuell and mary hinckely was born

November 21 day 17 14
seth Hinkly son to samuel and mary Hinkly was born decemb : 25

1707
shubel hinckley son to Samuell and mary hinckley was born march

samuell hinckley son to Samuell and mary hinckley was born In
febuary 12 day 17 10/ n

mary hinckley daughter to Samuell and mary hinckley was born In
febuary the 12 day 17 10/ n

mary hinckley daughter to Samuell and maty hinckley died in march :
1710/11

Edmond hinckley son to Samuell and mary hinckley was born No-
vember 20 day 17 12

Judah Rogers son to Judah and Patience Rogers was born december
29 th : 1704

mary rogers daughter to Judah and Patience rogers was born Octo-
ber : 1 : 1706

Patiance Rogers daughter to Judah and Patience Rogers was born
November 9 th : 1 7 1 o

[p. 45] Keziah daughter to Eliezer and Patience Crosby was born
may 15 th : 1708

Rebekah daughter to Eliezer and Patience Crosby was born may :
12 th : 1709 :

Elezer Crosby son to Elezer and Patience Crosby was born January
5 th 1710/11

Silvanes Crosby son to Elezer and Patience Crosby was born No-
vember The 15 day 1712 :

Phebe Crosby daughter to Elezer and Patience Crosby was born in
december the 18 day 17 14

Harwich, Mass., Vital Records. 209

Sarah Crosby daughter to Elezer and Patience Crosby was Born in

december the S day 17 16
Isaac Crosby son to Elezer and Patance Crosby was Born in October

18 day 1 7 19

Mary Crosby daughter to Elezer and patence Crosby was Born in

November 28 day 1722
Sarah Crosby daughter to Elezer and patence Crosby was Born in

in march the 1 8 day 1725 / 6
patence crosby daughter to Elezer and patence crosby was Born

October the 29 day 1728
mehitabel Gray daughter to John and susana Gray was born The 7 th

day of April in the year 1706
Andrew Gray son to John and susana Gray was born 29 th day of

September : 1707 :
Anna Gray daughter to John and susana Gray was born in August .

31 . day in the year 1709
Elisha gray son John and susanah gray was born in november the

29 day 171 1
Joshua gray son to John and susanah gray was born in October the

19 day 1713

Anna gray daughter to John and susanah gray was born in novembr

the 30 day 17 14
Ebenezer Nickerson son to william and Mar)- Nickerson was born :

13 th : day of June : 1697
Jane Nickerson daughter to William and mary Nickerson was born .

6 . day Aprile : 1699 :
Mary Nickerson daughter to William and mary Nickerson w r as born

augnst 13 th : 1701 :
Thankfull Nickerson daughter to William and mary Nickerson was

born July. 26 th : 1705

[p. 49] Joseph Paine and Patience Sparrow were Married togather :

May 27 th 169 1 :
Ebenezer Paine son to s d Joseph and Patience was born April The

eighth : 1692 :
Hanah Paine daughter to the above s d Paine was born July fift .

1694.
Joseph Paine son to the above s d Paine was born March . 29 th .

1697 :
Richard Paine son to The above s d Pame was born March 25 th

: 1699 :
dorcus Faine daughter to s d Paine was born may . 27 th . 1701 :
Phebe Paine daughter to s d Paine was born July 30 th 1703 :
Reliance Paine daughter to s d Joseph Paine was born January 27 th :

1705/6
Thomas and mar}* paine son and daughter to Joseph and Patience

Paine were born . december . 1 th . 1708 :
Jonathan son to Joseph and Patience Paine was born december 10 th

1710

210 Two Bills of Sale of a Negro Slave.

Experan paine daughter to Joseph and patience paine was born in

may 27 day 17 13
John vincent and hanah seirs were married novemb 2 d : 17 10 :
samuel seirs and Ruth mirrick were married Novemb : 2 d 17 10 :
Abigail seirs daughter to samuel and Ruth seirs was born november

23 d 1711
marcy sears daughter to Samuell and Ruth seirs was born October

2i d : 1713
Ruth sears daughter to Samuell and Ruth sers was born July 4 :

desire sears daughter to Samuell and Ruth sears was Born march

9 r 7*f

Mary sears . daughter to samuell and Ruth sears was born in August

the 9 day 17 18

(To be continued.)

TWO BILLS OF SALE OF A NEGRO SLAVE.

The following bills of sale of the negro slave London have
been transcribed from the original document loaned by Mr.
Everett I. Nye.

To all people to whome these presents Shall Come Greeting
Know ye that I Ralph Smith of Eastham In the County of
Barnstable in the province of the Massachusets Bay in New
England yeoman Gardian to the orphins of John Mulford of
Sd Eastham Deceased for and in Consideration of the Sum of
fifty pounds passable money on Sd province to me In hand
paid by Nath 11 ffreeman of Sd Eastham in the County and
province above Sd Esqr. where of I Do here by acknowledge
the receipt and my self there with fully and Intirely Satisfied
and in the Capacity as above Sd Have borgained Sold Set over
and Delivered and by these presents in plain and open Market
acording to the Due form of law in that Case made and pro-
vided Do Bargain Set over and Deliver unto the Sd Nath 11
ffreeman London a Negro Man belonging to the Estate of the
Sd mulford Deceased to gather with his wearing Cloaths
the Sd London Negro man with his apparill to Have and to
hold to the proper use and behoof to him the Sd Nath 11 ffree-
man His Heirs Exec trs Admi trs and asigns for Ever, and I the

Two Bills of Sale of a Xcgro Slave. 211

Sd Ralph Smith for my Self my heirs Execu ra Admi r5 the Said
Bargained premises unto the Sd Nath 11 ffreeman his Heirs
Exec 1 ^ Admi rs and asigns against all and all manner of persons
Shall warrant and for Ever Defend by these presents in witness
where of I have here unto set to my hand and Seal this Second
Day of Jenuary and In the year of our Lord one thousand
Seven houndreud and thirty Six alies Seven

Note the words Interlined between the third and fourth
line from the top which words (viz) of Sd Eastham and the
words Interlined between the fourteenth and fifteenth Lines
from the top (viz) belonging to the Estate of the Sd mulford
Deceased were before the signing and sealling here of
Signed Sealed and Delivered Ralph. Smith (Seal)

In presence of :
Phebe Higgins
Abigail myrick

[On the other side of the paper.']

These presents witnesseth that I the within named Nathan 11
ffreeman For & In consideration of the Sum of twenty & five
pounds passable money to me In hand paid by Thomas Molford
Junior of the Town of Trurow in the county & province within
mentioned yeoman : have therefore : Bargained Solde Sett over
& Confirmed : & by these presents do for my self my heirs
executors & administrators : Bargaine Sell Sett over confirm
& deliver unto him the Sd Thomas Molford the negro Slave
with In named called Looon together with all the Right prop-
erty & Interest which I have or of Right ought to have to the
person & Service of the within named Lonon neegro by vertue
of the with In written Instrument together with his wearing
cloathes & ether appurtenances to him any ways belonging or
appertaining : To have ami To hold to him the Said Thomas
molford Junior his heirs & assigns forever by these presents :
In witness where off I the Said Nath 11 ffreeman do here unto
Sett my hand & Seall the day of march In the fourteenth year

ommi : i

4 o

( 4 1"

of his majesties = Reign anno D

Signed Sealled & delivered Nathan 11 ffreeman (seal)

In presence of
Zacheus Rich
Mulfford Eldred^

212 Plymouth First Church Records.

PLYMOUTH FIRST CHURCH RECORDS.

Transcribed from the Original,
By George Ernest Bowman.

The First Book of the Plymouth First Church Records
consists of five parts, paged independently. The first part is
an Ecclesiastical History of the Plymouth Church in the hand-
writing of Nathaniel Morton, for many years Secretary of the
Colony. Much of it was taken bodily from Bradford's History,
consequently it seems best to begin this transcript with the
second part, in order that the important genealogical data scat-
tered through this and the remaining parts may become access-
ible as early as possible.

In the second part there are thirty-six pages, twenty-nine in
the handwriting of Rev. John Cotton, covering the thirty years,
1667 to 1697, during which he was pastor of the church. Of
the remaining seven pages five are in a hand which I have not
yet identified and cover the period from the departure of Mr.
Cotton to the arrival of the Rev. Ephraim Little ; the other
two pages are blank.

[PART II.]

[p. 1] A further account of matters in & relating to the church
at Plymouth from the yeare 1667 : untill 1697, inclusively.

It being desired in page 59 * : in the conclusion of the Ecle-
siasticall History of this church, by that Godly Brother, M r
Nathaniel Morton, that Elders & Bretheren suceeding would
be carefull to commit to writing what might occurre in their
day for the Glory of God & good of aftertimes, these following
Pages shall truly & faithfully upon certaine knowledge declare
what was transacted in this chh for the space of about Thirty
yeares soe far as may be Judged meet for edification.

M r Morton in his foregoing Narrative truly declares, that
after the departure of that blessed Man of God M r Reyner from
them whom he had faithfully served for the space of about
eighteen yeares in the office of a Teacher, & the chh remaining
sundry yeares destitute of a Teaching Elder looking up to God
constantly in ordinary & extraordinary prayer to send in a suta-

* Of Part I.

Plymouth First Church Records. 213

ble supply for their soules, in which time sundry desireable
ministers spent some time successively in preaching the word
of God to them, but divine providence favoured not the settle-
ment of any one of them, It pleased God soe to dispose in Sep-
tember 1666, that the church gave a call to M r John Cotton to
come & preach to them, who by reason of his then engagement
to another people, could not at present accept of that call, but
the chh continuing destitute of setled ministry, they did in the
yeare following in July, renew their former call to him, to which
He gave his consent & accordingly removed himself e & family
to Plymouth, where they arrived on November, 30 : 1667 :

1667: There were then resident in the Place forty seven
chh-membe[rs] in full communion, besides divers that were re-
moved to other places, who upon the setlement of the ministry
were called upon by the Elders to take their dismissions respec-
tively to the severall ches where their setled abode was, this
chh declaring it to be the duty of christians to be under the
watch of those ches where they live, this motion was readily
complyed with by all concerned.

Now inasmuch as the death of saints is pretious in the
eyes of God, & God hath said, the Righteous shall be had in
everlasting remembrance an account shall be given of the deaths
of such espetially who were of good esteem in the chh of God :

The first breach God made in the chh within the time above-
said was the death of Gabriel Fallowell, aged above 80 yeares,
a very pretious, lively christian, one who maintained much com-
munion with God day & night, he dyed, December, 28 : 1667 :

In 1668: two members were admitted into the chh: & all
that was transacted in the chh in this yeare was their discourse
& conclusion to renew their call of M r Cotton & to declare to
him their purpose to establish him in office in the spring, the
Lord disposing all our hearts to unite therein.

on the first of March dyed, John Dunham, the godly '& well
esteemed Deacon of the chh, one of 80 yeares old.

1669 The chh appointed, April,* 7: 1669: & kept it as a
day of Fasting & Prayer, wherein to beg Gods prescence to be
with them in directing to & in the choice of their Teaching offi-
cer. Immediately after which the church voted to set apart a
day to elect & ordaine M r Cotton to be their Pastor, & agreed
that June, 30 : should be the day, which was attended, He being
dismissed from Boston old church & Joyned to this chh some
weekes before; The ches present at this ordination (by the

* On the margin is written : " In this April dyed blessed Mr Reyner, then Pas-
tor of the chh at Dover."

214 Plymouth First Church Records.

desire of this chh) by the Elders & messengers were Barnstable,
Marshfeild, Weymouth & Duxbufry;] Elder Thomas Cushman
gave the charge & the aged M r [p. 2] John Howland was ap-
pointed by the chh to Joyne in imposition of hands ; the Rev-
erend M r Walley made a solemne Prayer before ordination &
the Revd M r Torrey gave the right hand of fellowship in the
Name of the dies, after..

The Ruling Elder with the Pastor made it their first spetiall
worke together to passe through the whole towne from family
to family to enquire into the state of soules & according as they
found the frames either of the children of the chh or others, see
they applyed counsells, admonitions, exhortations & incourage-
ments, which service was attended with a blessing, for in divers
with whom God had begun his work, it prevailed to stirre them
up to lay hold of the Covenant, & others were awakened more
seriously to attend upon the meanes of grace & to minde the
concernments of their soules, & practice family-prayer more
constantly, the worke of God seemed in those dayes to have a
considerable reviving. The chh Having not then a Deacon, the
Elders called upon them to choose some to that office ; Accord-
ingly, after a chh-meeting in Private some being Nominated,
every brother speaking his minde man by man, on August, 1 :
Robert Finney & Ephraim Morton were chosen Deacons in the
publick Assembly on the Sabbath, & then ordained by the
Elders. In January, the chh agreed to begin monethly church-
meetings for conference, which were constantly attended for
many yeares, & much good attended that exersise ; Also in
November, began the Catechizing of the children by the Pastor,
(the Elder also accompanying him therein constantly) once a
fortnight, the Males at one time & the females at the other :
the catechisme then used was M r : Perkins. The members ad-
mitted to full Communion in this yeare were twenty & seven ;
the practice was for men orally to make confession of faith &
a declaration of their experiences of a worke of grace in the
prescence of the whole congregation, having bin examined &
heard before by the Elders in private & then stood propounded
in publick for 2 or 3 weekes ordinarily ; & the relations of the
woemen being written in private from their mouths, were read
in publick by the Pastor & the Elders gave Testimony that
their knowledge was competent, this was the ordinary way of
Admission of members at their first entrance, but if any mem-
bers came from other places & had letters of Dismission they
were accepted by us upon that Testimoniall & nothing further
required of them.

Plymouth First Church Records. 215

The v Lords Supper was administred 4 times in this yeare,
the first of which was on August, 29 :

The children Baptized this yeare, 48 :

It pleased God heavily to afflict this chh & people by the
Death of Capt Thomas Southworth, of whom Honourable men-
tion is made in the foregoing Narrative, & that most deserv-
edly ; He was a great Pillar in this chh, & in the dayes of
blessed M r Reyner, after the death of Elder Brewster (whose
Name is here very pretious & ever will be soe) [p. 3] when the
chh had agitations about the choice of a Ruling Elder, this M r
Southworth was Judged by many of the chh a very sutable man
for that place, yet it was wisely foresoon by Govr Bradford that
the necessity of the Commonwealth would doubtlesse call for
the improovment of his Talent in the Magistracy, & soe it
prooved, for immediately upon the death of that Honourable
Govr, he was chosen a magistrate- & soe continued to his death,
There were other Bretheren that did exersise their gifts for
edification of the chh in the vacancy of the ministry, yet such
was the desireablenesse & excelling of his Gifts & graces that
for divers yeares together he was espetially singled out by the
chh to carry on the publick worship, one part of the Sabbath,
Elder Cushman ordinarily spending the forenoone & M r South-
worth the afternoone ; His Death was on December, 8 : (about

5 3 -yeares old) after a moneths sicknesse ; His death was much
lamented & is to this day, he was loved & feared & of such a
conversation as commanded both. The chh kept a day of
prayer for his life, Dec : 1 : but his time was come to dye.

In 1670 fourteen members were admitted into the chh, 39
children were baptized, & the Lords supper was 8 times In
the spring the chh set apart & observed a day of Thanksgiving
for the setlement of Gods ordinances after soe long a vacancy,

6 the good successe of the Gospel amongst the[m.] A child
of this chh who had bin here baptized, removing to Swanzey
was rebaptized by the Pastor there, which the chh being in-
formed of, did unanimously declare it to be matter of offence,
& sent letters to those concerned in that action to signify that
such a practice would be a barre to our Eclesiasticall commun-
ion, & desired they would doe soe noe more.

Some persons, a brother & 2 sisters that had formerly
walked with this chh being now removed & not owning their
chh-relation, the chh agreed & it was openly declared by the
Elder in the name of the chh, that wee esteemed them noe
longer to be members of us

In this yeare, 70 : M r Richard Bourne of Sandwich sent to

216 Plymouth First Church Records.

the chh for messengers to take notice of the fittnesse of sundry
Indians to gather into a chh, at Mashpau, the Pastor, Elder &
Secretary Morton were sent thither, Elders & messengers of
many other ches were there also, the Indians after confessions
&c were gathered into a chh, M r Bourne chosen & ordained
their Pastor, all the ches present approoving thereoff. old M r
Eliot & our Pastor laid on hands.*

In 1 67 1 seventeen members were admitted, 25 children bap-
tized, the Lords supper was 10 times. Some viz, a brother &
sister having sold liquors to the Indians were Admonished, &
also a child of the chh for morall scandall, this chh ever prac-
tising discipline to the chh-seed when adult.

in 1672, six members were admitted, 13 children Baptized,
the Lords supper was 8 times.

on February, 24 : dyed M r John Howland in his eightieth
yeare, he was a good old disciple & had bin sometime a Magis-
trate here, a plaine-hearted christian

In 1673 : was a very awfull frowne of God upon this chh &
colony in the death of M r Thomas Prince the Governour in the
73d yeare of his Age ; when this Colony was in a hazardous
condition upon the death of Gov r Bradford, the lott was cast
upon M r Princ[e] [p. 4] to be his successour, God made him a
repairer of breaches & a meanes to setle those shakings that
were then threatning, he was excellently qualifyed for the office
of a Governour, he had a countenance full of majesty & therein
as well as otherwise was a Terrour to evill doers, he was very
amiable & pleasant in his whole conversation & highly esteemed
of the saints & acknowledged by all ; In the time of his sick-
nesse the chh sought God by Fasting & Prayer, but God would
not be intreated any longer to spare him, but he dyed on March,
29 : & was honourably interred, April, 8 :

Six more chh-members dyed in this yeare.f

The Lords supper in this yeare was seven times, but one
member admitted, 14 children baptized.

In 1674: the Lords supper was 11 times, one member ad-
mitted, 1 7 children baptized :

Discipline viz Admonition was administred to a chh-child for
sin & two in full communion upon confession of what was offen-
sive were forgiven without any censure.

In March, 1675 : the church of Eastham sent to our chh for
messengers to be with them at their ordination of M r Samuel

* This paragraph is on the margin of the page.
t On the margin of the page.

Desire {Howland) Gorhavis Estate. 217

Treat to be their Pastor, the chh sent the Pastor, Elder &
Deacon Finney, who attended that service, March, 17:

Lords supper was six times ; 8 children were baptized.

Warr with the Indians breaking forth, the chh set apart
July, 21 : to be kept as a day of Humiliation, Another on Jan-
uary, 5 : Another, February, 2 : because of war & sicknesse.

[To be continued.')

DESIRE (ROWLAND) GORHAM'S ESTATE-

Transcribed from the Original Records,
By George Ernest Bowman.

Desire (Howland) Gorham, eldest daughter of John and
Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland, died at Barnstable and her death
is entered on the town records [Volume I, page 414] as fol-
lows : " M re Desire Gorham Relict of Cap John Gorham Sen r
Late of Barnstable Deceas d Departed this Life y e 13 Day of
Octo r 1683." According to the probate records her inventory
was taken 3 August, 16S3, more than two months earlier, and
it is evident that one of these entries is incorrect. The probate
record was copied from the original inventory and the town
record was copied, in 1736, from the original volume now lost.*

[Plym. Col. Wills, IV: II: 63]

An Inventory of the estate of Desire Gorum taken the 3
of August 1683 and exhibited to the Court of his Mat ie : held

att Plymouth the sixt Day of March i6f-| on the oathes of
James Gorum and John Gorum as followeth ;

Imp r : 1 third of the Mill & lands meddowes and tooles

belonging to the said Mill 25 00 o

Item 1 yoak of oxen 07 00 o

Item 5 Cowes 10 00 o

Item 2 steers of two veers old and vantage 03 00 o

Item 1 yeerling 01 00 o

Item 3 Calves 01 00 o

Item 1 horse 01 10 o

Item 7 growne swine 03 00 o

Item 5 piggs 00 12 6

* Mavflower Descendant, II: 212.

218 Desire (Howland) Gorhams Estate,

Item in turkes & other foules oo 15 o

Item Cart wheeles and yoakes and Copes 10 s plow tak-

lings & Copes 4 s 00 14 o

Item 1 Chaine and horse gear : 2 hoes & one axe 00 08 o

Item 1 pitchforke i s and one spitt 3 s 6 d ; 2 pothangers

one five s & one 3 shillings 00 12 o

Item 1 Iron pot and pot hookes 7 s one frying pan 3 s 6 d

and 1 2 s 6 d 00 13 o

Item 1 Iron pot 3 s 1 Iron skillett 3 s one Iron kettle 7 s 00 13 o

Item 1 morter &: pestle 4 s 2 brasse skilletts 2 3 brasse

kettle i s 00 07 o

Item Scales & waights 6 s a paire of stilliyards 6 s a warm-
ing pan 5 s 00 17 o
Item a skimer 2 s 6 d 1 rundelett i s 1 rundelett 6 d 00 04 o
Item 2 milke pailes i 3 6 d one beer Caske 1 Copper 2 11 15 s 02 17 6
Item 1 hogshed a barrell a butter tubb 5 s a washing tubb

4 s a round measure 9 00 09 9

Item 1 Chern 1 old paile 00 01 o

Item 1 Gun i 1! ; 1 smoothing Iron 1 heater i s 6 d one

Linnin wheel and reel 5 s 01 06 6

Item in wooden trayes 7 s 2 Chaire one six shill ; one 4 s

1 Chaire 2 s 00 19 00

Item a sifting trough 4 s ; 1 Chest with a rope att the

end 4 s 00 08 00

Item pewter 12 3 shillings 1 Chist 2 s and old bible and

Tillinhasts book 2 s 00 16 00

Item 2 glasse bottles i s 3 d stone Juggs 6 d 2 gaily potts

1 brush & a viall 00 02 3

Item an Iron Candle stick 9 d 1 wicker baskett & other

basketts i s 00 02 9

Item 1 bed bolster and 2 smale pillowes, in the Cham-
ber 3 11
Item 1 bed bolster 1 pillow bedsted and Cord
Item 1 Coverlid i 11 2 white blanketts home made, i 11 2 s
Item 1 speckled blankett 9 s 1 Coverlid i u 1 green rugg
Item 1 sale blankett 6 s & 7 pound of max 7
Item 2 old blanketts 3 s 1 new sheet 12 s 6 d & 1 Course

2 silver spoones and a Dram Cup i 11 1 silver beaker 3 11 04 00
Item 1 Cokernutt 6 d some smale thinges in a Capp i 3
Item 1 whiske 4 s 1 hood 6 s a black Cape and an old hood i 3
Item 1 green apron i 3 6 d a paire of Sieves i s 6 d a silke

lase 3 d 3 d 00 03 5

item 1 paire of red stockens 6 s 1 white apron 5 s 6 d

1 apron 3 s 6 d
Item 1 paire of white Gloves 3 s twisted yarne 9 d
Item a p r sell of white linnine that is marked ;

°3

1 7

°3

0128

r ;

Desire (H&wland) Gorhanis Estate. 219

Item to a womans black Cloake and Claspes 01 60 00

Item 1 old Cloth hood 4 s 1 old sarge Samar 18 s 1 serge

Coat iS s _ 02 00 00

Item 1 New Samar i n iS s : 1 Moheare Coate 12 s 02 10 00

Item Curtaines and vallence 15 s an under wastcoate 1

shilling i s 00 16 00

Item Indian Corn 31 bushells att 2 s 6 d pr bushell & two

towells i s 03 18 06

Item a paire of shooes 2 s 1 hat Case 2 s some Indian

> Basketts 5 s 00 09 00

Item to beding & sheets that tota makes use of 02 00 00

Item to a paire of wast silver buttons 3 s in mony 13 s io d 00 16 10
Item 5 bushells of Rye att 3 s a bushell 15 s : the wheat

Not threshed 6 s 01 01 00

Item rye not threshed 18 s one shovell & peel i s 3 d earthen

ware & trenchers 6 d 00 19 09

Item seaming pillow Coate 3 s 6 d ; one i s 6 d , one 2 6 d a

small table Cloth 00 n 00

Item 1 sheet 5 s 6 d , 1 sheet 10, 2 twowells 1 6 d one towell 6 d 00 17 09
Item 2 pillow Coates 6 s 1 sheet 10 1 sheet 5 s 1 sheet 10 s 01 n 00
Item 1 sheet 5-6 1 sheet 10 tow towells i s 6 d 1 towell 9 d 00 17 09
Item 1 twowell io d a single Neckcloth 2 s : 3 Capps 00 04 07

[p. 64] Item one small bundle of old thinges i s 1 handker

Chiffe one &: sixpence &: 1 twowell 6 d 00 03 o

Item 1 Diaper Napkin i s one striped neckcloth 9 d a blew

Apron i s 6 d 00 03 3

Item 1 shift 6 s one 2 s 1 paire of stockens i s 6 d 00 09 6

Item 1 bundle of old aprones i s 1 bedstead 15 s 00 16 o

Item 1 barrill att mill r s 6 d one straw hatt 3 s 00 04 6

Item 1 woolen wheel and Iron spindle 3 s 6 d and bridle &

Crooper i s 6 d 00 05 o

Item 2 yards of Lutestringe in a scraff 00 10 o

Item 1 wiker Baskett 3 s ; 4 Napkins six shillings 1 smale

pillow Coate ; 6 d 00 1 o 6

Item 1 shooing horn 3 d 1 powder bar 6 d six shift 6 d 00 02 09

one thing I Can not read *
Item 2 Cushens i? 6 d 1 sheet 6 s ; one sheet 8 shilling

1 sheet 6 s 01 02 06

Item 1 sheet 6 s ; and 1 sheet 7 s 1 Towell two and 6 d a

Diaper table Cloth S s 1 03 6

Item 1 Diaper table Cloth 12 s 1 paire of holland sheets 2 11 02 12 o
Item 1 pillow Coate 8 s , 2 more att 12 s one Napkin Diaper

9 d 01 00 09

Item 1 winestcott Chist io s shilling 3 plates a porringer

and sawser 4 00 14 00

Item 6 trenchers 6 d 1 looking Grasse 8 s : 3 earthen

Dishes i s 00 09 09

* Interlined in original.

1 1

3°

1 1

123

220 Desire (Howiaftd) Gorhams Estate.

Item' 1 trunk i s 6 d : one box 5 s

Item 3 acrees of land bought of Sowashan

Item more 1 shift 3 s 6 d som old Clothing 8 s

Item 1 pitcher 6 d

Item Due upon bill 40 11

Item Due upon bill as before

Debts Due to the estate ;

Item silver mony lent to John hawes

silver mony Lent to Joseph whilden 02 00 00

Debts Due from the estate as wee Doe apprehend 05 00 00

Taken and apprised by us John Thacher

John Miller

[Court Orders, VI : II : 2, under date of 5 March, 1683/4.]

In reference unto the settlement of the Estate of Desire
Gorum of Yarmouth Deceased amonge the Children ; It was
agreed and Determined by Gov r hinckley Major Bradford
Deputy Gov r : m r ffreeman m r Laythorp & m r Thacher
Asistants alsoe with the mutuall Consent of the Children then
appeering viz : James Gorum John Gorum Joseph Gorum ;
with the Consent likewise of the sonnes in Law as followeth ;
That James Gorum have a Dubble portion of the whole
estate Debts being first payed out and all the rest of the
Children both sonnes and Daughters to have an equall portion ;
of the aforsaid estate that is John Joseph Jabez : and Shuball ;
Desire Temperance Elizabeth Deseased, Marsy Lidia and
hannah, as Elizabeth Deceased wee Doe agree and Consent
that her Children shall have an equall p r te that Did belong to
theire Mother as to Shuball the youngest son wheras there
was fifty pound in Mony Given to his Mother to bestow upon
him in Learning, wherof wee find upon account a great p r te
of it bestowed on him, yet wee Doe Consent and agree that
hee shall have forty pound in silver mony mad up to him when
hee Cometh to age out of the aforsaid estate besides his equall
p r te ; and alsoe five pounds of his equall p r te, which, to be in
silver mony ; which makes his 40 n to be 45 pounds in mony;

Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records. 221

BARNSTABLE, MASS., VITAL RECORDS.

{Continued /rem page 122.)

[p. 406] James Coleman his Son Edward born y e 25 of Octo r 1695

his Daughter Martha born y e 4 of March 169S

his Daughter Thankful born y e 7 th of Feb : 1699

a Son born y e 26 of Feb^' & Died that Day 1702

James his Son born y e 1 1 of April 1704

John'y e 26 of Sept r 1706

Patence Coleman y e 6 of May 1709

Ebenezer y e 15 of August 171 1

Nathan Crocker his Son Jabez born 10. June 1709

& Benoni his Son 24 Feb 17 11/ 12

John Clark and Mary Benjamin were Married 16 Aug : 1695

Their son John Born 16 of Nov* 1697

Elkanah Hamlin and Abigail Hamlin Married pr Justice Gorham

13 April 171 1
his Son Sylvanus Hamlin Born 20 July 17 12
his Son Reuben Born 13 March 17 14
his Daughter Abigail 27 October 171 5
his Son John y e 2 Nov r 1 7 1 7

his Daughter Rachel 7 Day of Sep 1720 She Died 1722
patience born 12 June 1721
Tabitha Hamlin Born 14 April 1723
Abigail y e wife of Elkanah Hamlin Decea^ May 29 1733

[p. 407] Shobal Dimock & Joann Bursley Married in April 1653

his Son Thomas born In April 1654

John born In January 1656

Timothy born In March 165S

Shobal born In Feb 1663

Joseph born In Sept* 1665

Benjamin born In March 1670

Joanna born March 1672

Thankful born Nov r 1674

These Records perhaps 10 year too old *

Cap Thomas Dimock his Daughter Mehitable born Octo r 16S6

Temporance born In June 16S9

his Son Edward born 5 of July 1692

Thomas 25 of Decern 1694

Desire born In Feb 1696

John Dimock & Elizabeth Lumber Married Nov. 1689

* This entry is on the margin, opposite the preceding family.

222 Barnstable , Mass., Vita! Records.

his Daughter Sarah born In Decern 1690

Anna born In July 1693

Mary June 1695

his son Theophilus In Sept 1696

his Son Timothy born In July 169S

his Son Ebenezer born In Feb 1700

Thankful 5 april 1702

Elizabeth 20 april 1704

Shobal Dimock & Tabitha Lothrop Marriecl

his Son Samuel Dimock born y e 17* of May 1702

his Daughter Joannah 24 Decern 1708 & Deceasd about 3 weeks

after
his Daughter Mehitable June 20 171 1
Joseph Dimock & Lydia Fuller Married 12 of May 1699
Their Son Thomas Dimock born 26 January -J-fff
Bethiah Born 3 rd of February 1702
Mehitable Born 22 of March 1707
Ensign Dimmock born 8 th Day of March 1709
Ichabod born 8 th Day of March 171 1
Abigail born 31 June 1714
Pharoh born Sept r 2 17 17
David born 22 Day Decern 1 " 172 1
Daniel North y e Son of Daniel & Hannah North born 21 of Sep

1716
his Daughter Mary born y e 25 of January 17 19
James born Feb 10 1720
his Son John North born Jan r >' 10 1722
Hannah Born Sep 3 1725
Winifred y r Daughter born Nov 7 th 1727
Dorothy Dun y e Daughter of John & Experience Dun was born y e

5 of January in y e year 1726
Nathan Davis & Elizabeth Phinny were married y e 25 of Nov 17 14

pr Justice Parker
his Son Jabez born 7 of Octo r 17 15

Sarah born August 12 17 17 & Deceasd 23 of sd August
his Daughter Elizabeth born 15 Sep 17 18
his Son Isaac Born [illegible] January 1720

[p. 408] Robert Davis his Children their Births

his Daughter Deborah Born January 1645

Mary May 16 48

his Son Andrew born In May 1650

John 1 of March 1652

Robert In August 1654

Josiah Septem r 1656

Hannah Sept 1 " 1658

Sarah In Octo r 1660

* Altered in different ink to " 07."

Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records. 223

fosiah Davis and Ann Tayler Married June 25 1679

Their son John born 2 Sept 16S1

Their Daughter Hannah born In April 16S3

Their son Josiah born In August 16S7

Their Son Seth In Octo r 1692

Ruth born In Feb 1694.

Sarah born In Feb 1696

Jonathan Davis born About 1698

Stephen 12 of Decem r 1700

Anna 5 of April 1702

Joseph Davis & Hannah Cob Married March 1695 pr M r Thacher

his Son Robert born 7 of March 1696/7

his Son Joseph born 23 of March 1698/9

James July 30 1700

Gershom 5 Sep* 1702

Hannah 5 of March 1705

Mary 4 of June 1707

Lydia 12 of Feb 1709

Daniel Born Sep 1 28 17 13

William Dexter & Sarah Vinsen Married In July 1653

his Daghter Mary born In January 1654

Stephen Dexter Born In May 1657

his Son Phillip Dexter born In Sept 1659

James Dexter his Son born In May 1662

his Son Thomas Dexter born In July 1665

his Son John Dexter born In August 1668

his Son Benjamin born In Feb 1670

John Dunham & Mary Smith Married 1 of March 1679 ^°

Their Son Thomas born y e 25 of Decern 1 " 1680

his Son John Born y e iS of May 1682

his Son Ebenezer born y e 17 of April 1684

his Daughter Desire born y e 10 of Decern 1685

his Son Elisha born y e i st of Sept r 1687

his Daughter Mercy bom 10 of June 1689

his Son Benjamin born 20 June 1691

John Dunham Deceasd 2 January 1696 Aged In his 48 th year

[p. 409] John Davis & Hannah Lynnel Married 15 of March 1648

his Son John born About y e Midst January 1649

Samuel Midst Decern 1- 165 1

twins Hannah & Mary 3 of January 1653

twins Joseph & Benjamin June 1656

Simon Midst July 1658

Doler beginning Octo r 1660

Jabez

Doller Davis & Hannah Linnel Married 3 of August 1681

Shobal Born 23 of April 1635

Thomas In August 1687

224 Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records.

Hannah In Decern 1 " 1689

Stephen In Sep 1 1690

Thankful In march 1696

Daniel In July 1698

Job born In July 1700

Noah Born In Sept 1702

Remember Mercy 15 of Octo r 1704

Joseph Davis & Mary Claghorn Married March 28. 1682

their Son Simon Born 19 January 16S3

Mary y e 19 of June 1685

Their Son Joseph born Last of April 1687

Robert Davis 13 June 1689

James Cahoon Son of wid Mary Davis born 25 octo r 1696

Jabez Davis &: Experience Linnel Married 20 Augus 1689

Their Son Nathan born 2 March 1690

Samuel born 25 September 1692

his Daughter Bathsheba born 16 January 1694

his Son Isaac born 23 April 1696

his Daughter Abigail 26 april 1698

his Son Jacob born Last octo r 1699

Mercy born y e 16 of Feb : 1701

John Davis Ju r & Ruth Goodspeed Married 2 nd Feb in y e year 1674

Their son John Born y e Last of Nov r 1675 & Died About y e Middle

of August 1 68 1
Their son Benjamin Born y e 8 of Septem 1679
Their son John Born y e 17 of March 1684
Their son Nathaniel born y e 17 of July 1686
John Davis Ju r his Second Wife Mary Hamlin they were Married

y e 22 of Feb 1692
his Son Shobal born 10 of July 1694
James born 24 of March 1696
Ebenezer born 13 of May 1697

his Aboves d Wife Mary Hamlin Deceas d About y e Last of Nov 1698
John Davis Ju r & y e Widdow Hannah Bacon Married [illegible] 1699

pr M r Russel
& their Son Nicholas Born 12 March 1699 1700

[p. 410] Stephen Dexter &■ Anna Sanders Married 27 of April 1696

Their Daughter Mary born 24 August 1696

Their Son Born 22 Decern 1698 & Died y e January following 169S

Their Daughter Abigail born 13 of May 1699

Their Daughter Content born 5 February 1701

Their Daughter Anna born 9 of March 1702/3

Sarah Dexter born y e 1 of June 1705

Stephen born 26 July 1707

Mercy born 5 of July 1709

his Daughter Miriam born 8 of March 17 12

his Son Cornelius born 21 of March 1713/14

The Marriage of William Dier & Mary Tayler Decern 1 " 1686

Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records. 225

Their Daughter Lydia born y e 30 of March 16SS

his Son William born y e 30 of Octo 1690

his Son Jonathan Born Feb 1692

Henry Born 11 of April 1693

Their Daughter Isabel born In July 1695

Ebenezer born 3 of April 1697

Sam 11 born 30 October 1698

& Judah his Son born In April 1701

Edward Davis y e Son of Josiah Davis & Mehitable his Wife born

y e 19 of June 17 13
& their Daughter Mary born y e 8 th of August 17 14
their Son Josiah Was born 2 Aug 17 18

[p. 411] John Ewer and Elizabeth Lumbart Married.

Their Son Shobal born

Their Son Joseph born

Their son Benjamin Ewer Born Sept r 5 1721

Shobal Ewer his Daughter Rebekah was born y e 27 April 17 15

Shobal Ewer Deceas d y e 6 th of August 17 15

Thomas Ewer y e Son of Thomas Ewer born Decern 1 " 1673

Thomas Ewer Married with Elizabeth Lovell Octo 1684

his Son Thomas born In January 1688

Shobal born 1690

John In Feb 1692

Mehitable born Octo r 1694 &: Died Nov T 1694.

Nath 11 Born in Nov r 1695

Jonathan born July 1696 & Died Nov r 1696.

Hezekiah Born Sep r 1697.

thankful born Latter end of Xov r 1701.

His Wife Died y e 20 day of May 17 17

[p. 412] Edward Fitts Randies Children
his Daughter Hannah born In April 1649
Mary y e Last of May 1651
his Son John y e 7 of Octo r 1653
Joseph y e first of March 1656
Tho s y e 16 of August 1659
Hope y e 2 of April 1661

Nath^Fittsrandle & Mary Holley Married Nov r 1662
his Son John Born y e first of Feb 1662
his Son Isaac born about y e 7 of Decern' 1664
Mary Daughter of Richard Foxwel born 17 August 1635
Martha y e 24 of March 1638
Ruth y e 25 of March 1641

D r John Fuller his Daughter Bethiah born Decern 1687
his Son John Fuller born Octo r 1689 ■
Reliance Fuller born Sep 1 8 1691

John Fuller and Thankful Gorharn Married June 16 17 10 pr M r
Russel

226 Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records.

his Daughter Hannah born i of april 1711

his Son John Born 3 of August 1 7 1 2

Mary & Bethia twins born i st of Septemb .1715

his Son Nathaniel born 10 Decern : 17 16

Thankful bom 19 Sep 17 18

Joseph Foster his Son Joseph Born 19 of Sep t 1698

his Son Benjamin 16 Nov r 1699

Joseph Fuller Ju r his Daughter Rebekah Born Decern 29 1709

his Daughter Bethiah Born March 2 17 12

[p. 413] Tho s Son of Sam 11 Fuller Sen r born 18 of May /50

his Daughter Sarah 14 of December 1654

a Child born 8 th of Feb 58 & buried 15 Days after

Thomas Fuller & Elizabeth Lothrop Married 29 of Decem r 1680

Their Daughter Hannah bom y e 17 of Nov r 1681

Their son Joseph Bom y e 12. of July 1683

Their Daughter Mar}- born y e 6 th of Aug : 1685

Their Son Benjamin Born y e 6 of Aug 1690

Their Daughter Elizabeth born y e 3 of Sep. 1692

Their Son Samuel Born y e 12 of april 1694

Their Daughter Abigail born y e 9 th of January 1695/6

Jabez Fuller his Son Samuel born 23 Feb : 1687

his Son Jonathan born 10 March 1692

his Daughter Mercy born 1 April 1696

his Daughter 23 Sep 1 1704 Named Lois born 1704

his Son Ebenezer born 20 Feb 1708

his Daughter Mary Born

Matthew Fuller and Patience Young Married by Justice Skifi 25

Feb 1692
Their Daughter Anne Bom in Nov 1693
his Son Jonathan Octo r 1696
his Daughter Content born y e 19 of Feb 1698/9
Jean born in y e year 1704 & Died 1708
his Son David born Feb 1706/7 1706/7
his Son Young Born 1708
Cornelius 17 10

Barnabas fuller & Elizabeth Young Married 25 of Feb 1680
Their son Samuel born In Nov r 1681
& Isaac born August 1684
& Hannah Born In Sep. 1688
his Son Ebenezer Born Latter End of April 1699
his Son Josiah born February 1709 1709
Sam 11 Fuller his Daughter Sarah was born 16 April 17 19
Joseph Fuller his Daughter Remember born 26 of May 1701
his Son Seth Fuller born (*) of Sept r 1705

*The original entry was "5." In its present condition it is doubtful whether
an attempt was made to change it to " 1 " or it was blotted accidentally. There
are two blots near it.

The Records of Wellflcct. 227

Thankful 4 of August 170S

Benjamin Fuller his Daugher Temperance born 7 of March 1702

& his Daughter Hannah Born 20 of May 1704

John born 25 Decern 1706

& his Son James born 1 of May 171 1

{To be continued!)

THE RECORDS OF \7ELIJFLEET, FORMERLY THE
NORTH PRECINCT OF EASTHAM, MASS.

Literally Transcribed,
By George Ernest Bowman.

The northerly part of Eastham was originally called " Bil-
lingsgate " and in 1723 it was organized as the " North Precinct "
of the town. In 1763 it was incorporated as the "District of
Wellfleet " and in 1775 became an independent town.

The records of the town begin with the organization of the
North Precinct in 1723, the oldest volume ' containing sixty
pages of precinct records, ninety-six pages of births, marriages
and deaths and four pages of ear-marks.

[On fly leaf.]

A Book of Records for the North Precinct of Eastham
Called Billinsga[te] Begining July 29 1723

[p. 1] July y e 29 1723

Billinsgate Precinct Meeting — Wherein it is voted that y e
Revr nd Josiah Oakes Shall Continue in y e work of y e Ministry
as formerly in this Precinct, for y e Salery of Eighty pounds a
year in order for a Setlement

Billinsgate alias North Eastham Precinct —

Pursuant to what has been proposed and voted for my Setle-
ment in the Ministry in this Precin[ct] I made y e following
answer this 31 of March in y e year 1724 viz :

1 I accept of both your former and your latter Call together
with your former and latter proposals Since you were a legal
Precinct

2 And accordingly Shall continue in y e work of the Minis-

228 The Records of Wellfleet.

try in the S d Precinct in order to a Setlement among you in the
Ministry agreable to your vote on July 29 1723

I vote that Such my answer be witness my hand Recorded
by your Clark

March 31 1724 A precinct meeting at Billinsgate Voted
that John Doane aEsqir : be moderator for this meeting : also
voted that John Rich be clarke and Treasurer for this year.
voted also that John Doane Eqr Isaac Baker and Ebenezer
Freeman be Select men or assessors

Voted also that John Doane Eqr : Isaac Baker Ebenezer
Freeman and Thomas Groose and John atwood be a Comitte to
Call meetings in y e Precinct as y e Law requires as also what
Else y e Law directs to be done

This March meeting is ajourned until y e first munday in
June next at nine of y e Clock in y e forenoon

[p. 2] June y e 1 1 724

A Precinct meeting Legally Called and mett Wherein the
meeting was ajourned to y e first monday in August, Except y e
Comitte order it otherwise by Setting up their warrant

i
At a Precinct meeting warned and mett on y e 22 of June

1724 wherein John Doane Esq: was moderator: y e following
proposals being read and voted at a precinct meeting in y e ham-
let of Billinsgate in Eastham on y e 1 1 day of March 1720 We
y e Comitte nominated and Sent out by y e whole body of their
assembly to consider of Sum Proposals for y e encouragement
and Setlement of of Mr Josiah Oakes in y e work of y e Ministry
of the word to dispence y e Same among us — Have concluded
as follows :

In Prime we do propose To give him y e afores d Josiah
Oakes his heirs and assygns forever : provided he Shall build
on s d land and Setle among us 20 years or during life in the
work of y e Ministry; or bue a house in this Place: four acres
of upland in y e place where it may be obtained at a reasonable
rate, where He and we may judge most convenient

Item we propose to give to s d oak's one hundred and 20
pounds of Such mony as Shall pass between man and man or
with y e Merchant at time of Payment in y e provence : y e one
half to be paid at y e end of y e year 1724 y e other half at y e end
of y e year 1725.

Item that his Salary from y e first of June 1722 Shall be
eighty pounds a year Yearly, So long as he y e S d Oakes Shall

The Records of Welljleet. 229

Continue In y e Ministry among us, and S d eighty Pounds is to
be understood to be in Such money or pay as is aboves d : and it
is to be understood That If mr Oakes does not continue in s d
work Then s d Setlement to be returned or Such part as y e
major part shall order

[p. 3] June y e 22 1724

At a precinct Meeting leagaly warned and mett for y e pur-
pose above mentioned the above written Proposals where voted
by the major part hereof asembled In order to confirm the rev-
erend mr Josiah Oakes in The work of the ministry among us
in this north precin of Eastham . and also to confirm y e pro-
posals made to y e s d mr Oakes and Setle the Same on him and
also to order y e assessors to assess his Salary and Setlement
according to y e proposals . and monies to defry other charges
risen or rising in this precinct, and that y e Treasurer pay S d
monies to them it Belongs to and take reciets for what they do
pay out

For y e intent above mentioned June 22 1724 At a precinct
meeting duly warned and mett y e abovewritten being voted by
y e major part and Israel Young was chosen to Sweep the meet-
inghouse for eighteen Shillings y e ensuing year

at y e precinct meeting aforementioned on June y e 22 1724
The persons hereafter named entred there denial against mr
Josiah Oakes any Longer continuing in y e work of y e ministry
in this precinct and also against y e assessors raising any asses-
ment for s d Oakes Salary or Setlement this year ensuing —
John Treat Nathaniel Treat Elisha Eldrige Sen: Samuel
Brown Elisha Cole Benjamin Sweat John Young Moses Wile
Samuel Smith George Williamson Benjamin Hamblin Eleazer
Hamblin James Cohoon Benjamin Young Jonathan Young
Barnabas Young Daniel Mayo Ebenezer Eldrige Ebenezer
Freeman Jeremiah Mayo [p. 4] William Cole Samuel Mayo
Elisha Eldrige jun Thomas Brown Elisha Mayo Bryent Mor-
ton Israel Young Elisha Hamblin two men at this Meeting
stood neutors Charles pain and Joseph Atkins

Entred per John Rich Clerke

Febr : 26 172-f-

The Inhabitants of y e North precinct of y e North Precinct
of Eastham being duly warned mett Togather made Choice of
Jonathan Young Moderator

Voted at S d meeting that Isaac Baker be imployed To build
a pound in S d precinct

230 The Records of Wellfleet.

March y e 29 1725

Then y e Inhabitants of y e North precinct in Eastham Being
legaly warned asembled and mett together, to make choice of
Precinct officers as y e Law directs and made Choice of Samuel
Brown Moderator for the Meeting and made Choice of Jonathan
Young Clerk and Samuel Smith Treasurer, and Samuel Smith
Jonathan Young Elisha Eldrige assessors for the year ensuing.
and at y e above s d meeting made choice of George Williamson
Eliezer Hamblin Samuel Smith Jonathan Young Elisha Eldrige
jun : a Comitte to warn precinct Meetings for y e year ensuing
when there Shall be occasion

May y e 19 1725

The y e Inhabitants of y e north Precinct in Eastham being
Legally notified . assembled and mett togather to reconsider
and reasume the votes that was Supposed to be passed on y e
22 of June 1724 in this Precinct relating to mr Josiah Oakeses
entring in y e work of y e Ministry for twenty years in this pre-
cinct or during life and made choice of Samuel Brown for mod-
erator for y e meeting [p. 5] And it was concluded and voted at
S d meeting that those votes that was Supposed to be passed on
June 22 1724 above S d Relating to mr Josiah Oakes continuing
in y e work of y e ministry among us twenty years or during life
as also those votes proposed Relating to y e assessors Raising S d
oakes Salary and Setlement Shall be void and of none Effect
and at y e above s d meeting made choice of George Williamson
and Elisha Eldrige Jun : as agents to forbid mr Oakes any more
preaching in y e meeting house in y e precinct.

and also at S d meeting mad choice of Samuel Brown and
Samuel Smith Agents ; to advise with our neighbouring Minis-
ters Relating to y e ill circumstances of y e ministry in this pre-
cinct and also to Seek for and procure a Minister to Suply y e
precinct

and it was also agreed upon and voted at y e meeting above
s d that about ninety pounds Shall be assessed on y e poles and
Eastates of y e Precinct for y e Support of y e Ministry and other
necessary charges among us for y e year ensuing. The one half
to be gathered in at or before y e first day of July next and y e
other half to be gathered in at or before y e first day of March
following

July y e 21 1725

Then y e inhabitants of y e North precinct of Eastham being
legally notified assembled and mett to make choice of some per-

The Records of Wcllflcct. 23 1

son or persons for agents in behalf of y e precinct to make answer
to a petition of Josiah Oakes Clark laid before The Honarable
his majesties Justices of y e Court of General Sessions of y e
Peace holden at Barnstable '. and also S d Agents to make an-
swer to a Petition of John Doane and fifteen others of y e inhab-
itants laid before the Same Court Relating to y e j 11 managing
of an affair in this Precinct. Whereof they made choice of
Samuel Brown and Samuel Smith agents. And s d agents or
either of them Impowered in Behalf of S d Precinct to make
answer to y e Petition above mentioned

[p. 6] August y e 21 1725

The Inhabitants of y e North Precinct of Eastham being
leagally notified assembled and mett to consider of and do what
might then be Thought proper upon the advice of y e Court
Relating to y e petition of mr Josiah Okes against the inhabitants
of S d Precinct, and made choyce of Samuel Brown for moder-
ator for y e meeting

March y e 1 1726

The Inhabitants of y e North Precinct of Eastham Being
Leagally notified . assembled and mett To make choice of pre-
cinct officers as y e Law directs and made choice of Jonathan
Young for precinct Clarke ; and made choice of John Rich
Samuel Smith and Jonathan Young for assessors for y e Year
ensuing, and made choice of Samuel Brown for precinct treas-
urer, and also made choice of Samuel Smith George Williamson
Jonathan Young Samuel Brown and Eleazer Hamblin for a
Comitte to Call Precinct meetings y e year ensuing

April y e 18 1726

The Inhabitants of y e North precinct of Eastham being
Leagally notified, assembled and mett and made choice of
Samuel Brown Moderator for the meeting and at s d meeting
made choice of Samuel Brown and Samuel Smith Agents in
behalf of S d precinct to make answer to a petition of mr Josiah
Oakes of Eastham laid before y e Judges of y e Superior Court
to be holden. at Plimouth on y e last tuesday of this instant
April. S d petition brought by an appeal from y e judgment of y e
Court of y e Quarter Sessions holden at Barnstable in October.
1725 and S d agents or either of them are impowered to make
answer to y e petition above mentioned and also S d Agents are
Impowered [p. 7] To make Some agreement with y e S d mr
Oakes if they See Cause, it was also agreed upon and voted at

232 The Records of Wcllflcet.

s d meeting that about one hundred pounds money Should be
raised upon y e poles and Eastates of y e Inhabitants of S d pre-
cinct this year for y e Support of y e ministry and defray other
necessary Charges risen or arising within S d precinct

June y e 14 1726

The inhabitants of y e north precinct of Eastham being
Leagally notified . assembled and mett and made choice of
Samuel Brown Moderator for y e meeting and at S d meeting
made choice of Samuel Smith John Rich Samuel Brown Jona-
than Young and Eleazer Hamblin a Comitte to discourse mr
Josiah Oakes, in order for an agreement of those differences
that has hapned among us in s d precinct . and then by the
major vote of y e Inhabitants then assembled the meeting was
ajourned to munday the twenty Seventh day of this instant
June at ten of y e Clock in the' forenoon.

June y e 2j 1726 m&m

The Inhabitants of y e North precinct in Eastham assembled
and mett upon an ajournment afores d and made choice of Isaac
Baker and John Atwood to add to the comitte afores d in order
to discourse mr Oakes relating to y e differences aforementioned
and then by the major vote y e meeting was ajourned to monday
y e Eleventh day of July next at ten of the clock in y e forenoon

July y e n 1726

The Inhabitants of y e North precinct of Eastham assembled
and mett upon y e ajournment afores d and agreed upon and
voted that if y e Comitte and mr Oakes have no fair prospect of
an agreement Relating to y e s d Oakeses proceeding in the min-
istry in this precinct Contrary to y e minds of y e major part of
y e inhabitants . [p. 8] Then y e afores d Samuel Smith John
Rich Samuel Brown Jonathan Young Eleazer Hamblin Isaac
Baker and John Atwood be Agents in behalf of s d Precinct to
Call in the help of a Councel consisting of y e Elders and mes-
sengers of y e Neighbouring Churches to consider and advise
whither it will not be more for the glory of God and y e interest
of religion for mr Oakes to desist then to continue preaching in
this precinct and s d agents to provide for y e entertainments of
y e Council at y e charge of y e precinct

{To be continued?)

Thomas Dotys Will cmd Inventoiy. 233

THOMAS 3 DOTY'S WILL AND INVENTORY.

7'ranscribed from Ike Original Records,
Bv George Ernest Bowman.

Thomas 2 Doty (EdwarcP) died at Plymouth on the fourth
or fifth of December, 167 8. His nuncupative will was made
on the fourth and " Comitted to writing December the 5 th
within 24 houres after the Death of the said Thomas Dotey."
His widow, Mary, made oath to the inventory 3 March, 1678/9,
the day the will was probated. The will and inventory are
recorded in the Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories, Volume
IV, Part I, page 33, and a torn copy of the will, possibly the
original, is on page 132 of the Scrap Book.

Thomas Dotey of Plymouth being very sicke yett haveing
the use of his sences and reason Did on the fourth Day of
December 1678 Declare these following words To be his last
will Namly that all his estate hee Gave absolutely to his wife
Mary Dotey to be wholly att her Dispose and left it all with
her to Improve and make use of as shee should see best ; This
hee Declared to be his will as above written ; In the p r sence of
Edward Dotey and Samuell Eaton and Anne Sa.v[alotted]* ;
And it was Comitted to writing December the 5 th within 24
houres after the Death of the said Thomas Dotey ;

An Inventory of the estate of Thomas Doten Deceased
taken the 28 th Day of January by us whose Names are under
written

Item 2 Cowes 1 Calfe 4 swine

Item his wearing Clothes

Item pewter and brasse and Iron ware

Item 2 Chests and a box

Item earthen ware trenchers and spoones & Glasses

Item Armes and amunition

Item bookes

Item 25 pound of sheeps woole and 19 pound and an halfe

of Cotton woole
Item lines and ledds and hookes and spliting kniife

* " Savoury " in the copy in the Scrap Book.

°5

1 S

°5

234 The Diary of Jabcz Fitch, Jr.

Item a butt & old Caske payels & tubbs oo 15 o
Item 1 shees and Napkins and blankett and other old

linnine 01 01 o

Item 1 paire of boots 00 12 o
Item 1 spade 1 axe 1 paire of pitchforke tynes & other old

Iron 00 06 o

Item 3 old baggs one paire of Cards 1 looking Glasse 00 03 o

Item 10 pond of feathers 00 10 o

17 16 8

Debts Dew from the estate
Item att Boston to John Poole 01 04 o

Item To ffrancis Douce 00 12 o

Item To John Winge 00 13 06

Item To Mary flarnum 00 16 o

Debts Due from the estate att Plymouth
To m r Thomas Clarke 01 10 o

To Grge Watson 01 10 o

To John Churchill 00 10 o

To John Bryant seni r : 00 07 o

To Abraham Jackson 00 16 00

Ephram Morton

Willam harlow

These abovewritten Will and Inventory were exhibitted to the

Court held att Plymouth the third of March 1678 : 79, the Inventory

on the oath of Marey Dotey widdow ;

THE DIARY OF JABEZ FITCH, JR.

{Continued from page JJO-)

Fort Edward Wednsday July 13 th 1757 This Day there
was 24 Cannon Fired In y e Evening I was at Serf Comsticks
Tent Hered Several Songs there &c To Day Capt : Fitch also
Movd His Tent & Capt : Jefferys Ranging Company Movd out
of y e Lines Serf Jackson Left Us &c —

y e 14 th I Did Considrable Writing

ye f £th j n ye Morning I Exercised with y e Serj t again then
went to Pummerys and was Treted By those Delinquents Some
time after y e Guards were Relieved I was Warnd to Go Imme-
diately & Relieve y e Gen Us Orderly Serf accordingly I went as
Soon as Possable — at Noon they Gave Me a Vary Good Dinner
among other Varietyies a Fig Pudden in y e Afternoon there was
Several Showers — this Day there was a Gen 11 Revue of y e

The Diary of Jabez Fitch, Jr. 235

Women in y e army to Examen Whether they Had the &c or
Not.

ye j 5th j n ye Morning I Got a, Treat of M r Pummery Vary
Comacolly — then I went to y e Gen 1Is again It Raind I Set in
y e Gen 113 Markke & there Thought of our Way of Living Here
and also at Home — I was Vary Much Pestred to Keep awake
But at 9 oClok was Relieved as Usual then I went Home &
Slep out My Nap &c — In y e Evening I went to a Tent &
Heard A Hymn Sung and a Man went to Prayer — I also Hered
Serj t Mack of Capt : Wellss Company Argu Vary Strangly
Upon y e Soul of Man Saying it Slept after Death till y e Gen 11
Reserection — Yesterday there was a Boston Man Died Vary
Suddenly Soposd to Be well & Dead in a Minit as He was
Playing at Ball.

Sunday y e 17 th It was Vary Showery weather a Vary warm
Tolk about Peas &c : In y e Evening John Bennet of y e Regu-
lar Troops Came to our Tent again Staid Some time In y e
Night Told us of y e Circumstances of His Coming away and
His Business at Home &c.

y e 18 th In y e Morning I Exercisd as Usual — Some time
Before Noon Bennet Came & Brought y e History of Cynthia
&c : this Day We Made our Selvs Much Sport with Som acts
of our own in y e tent — Tho s Andrus Vary Sick &c :

ye j^th j n ye Morning Exercisd as Usual — Doc r Clevland
was Soon Confind for Some Misbehaviour &c : Toard Night
Cleavland was Whipd 75 Lashes according to y e Sentence of
a Cort-Mareschal — I was Warnd for y e Piq 1 accordingly I went
Capt : Bailey was officer of y e Guard — Serj t Plumer of y e Rhod
Island Reg* was with Me & Corp 1 Enos Bartholamew of y e Bos-
ton Reg 1 who Belongd to woodSock I Had Considrable Conver-
sation with Each of them in y e Evening I Hered From My
Relatives In Providence By Serjt Plumer y e Corp 1 Told Me
Considrable of y e Afairs of y e People at WoodStock &c : after
10 oClok Capt : Bailey Sent Me into y e Camp For y e Parole
then after I Came Back He told Me to Stay in ye Tent with
Him and Keep time while y e Officers Slept then I Set Down
& ye Capt : & I Discorsd about Every thing till -I after 1 1 then
we went y e Rounds & then Rel d & I Turned In & Slept till
Day —

y e 20 th In y e Morning I Found out one W m Bell of Capt
Bellow Compy in y e 35 Reg* who is a Recruit Lately arrivd
Here — I Got Some acquaintance with Him finding His Con-
% versation to Suit Me He tels Me He Spent 3 Years in y e Uni-
versity of Oxford in England But Since that He Has Bin Vary

236 T/ie Diary of Jabez Fitch, Jr.

Unfortunate Has Rovd abroad in y e world Ben Many Years in
y e Kings Servis Befor He Inlisted into this Reg 1 But Has
Lately Kept a Scool in Merryland about 3 years — Most of this
Day I Spent in Conversation with Him Toard Night I went
with a Party of 1 $ Men with Lieu 1 Brown to Look Some Lime
Ston &c : In this Party I Got Some acquaintance with one
Mackhollester of y e Indipendants who Came from Penselvane
He Gives Me Considrable Account of affairs in His Cuntry &
y e Caus of His Listing &c — at Night We was Reliev d as
Usual — I found Serj fc Comstock Connnd — In y e Evening I
went to y e Capt ns Tent & they Told Me of y e Contlusion of y e
Late Gen 11 Cortmareschal one of y e Ragulars was to Be Shot
y e Next Morning — Ens n Lewis is Cashierd and to Depart
Tomorrow they tell Me — Some other officers of y e Massachu-
setts & Rhod-Island Reg ts Here are Cashierd — a Number of
Men to Be Whipd &c.

y e 21 st In y e Morning I Made My Daily Report of y e
Compay then I went out to Se y e Execution Just as y e Guard
was Marching into y e Fort to Aid y e Prisoner out af I Had
Waited at y e Gail Near \ an Hour they Came out with y e
Prisoner — He was in His Proper Dress only Had on a White
Cap Tied at y e Top with a Black Ribben His Countinance
was Vary Pail as He Marchd Very Slow He was Reading in a
Small Book Some Times I Observd Him to Shut Up His Book
& Fold His Hands Mannifesting Great Consern of Mind when
He Came to y e Plais of Execution there was about 1000 Men
Drawn up in Two Lines then y e Prisoner was orderd to y e
Spot where He was Executed and y e Guard Parted y e Granno-
dears Marchd Up Before y e Crimenal After He Had Stripd of
His Coat & Kneeld Down Faising of them — then after Some
Stand y e Grannodears Fired Upon Him He Emmediately Fell
Down on His Fais Partly on one Side after Some time He
Made Som Motion with one Hand then a Number of them Run
Up Near Him a Fired Upon Him while He was Quite Dead —
When y e Grannodears First Fired they were about 10 Yards
Distance &c — y e Man Executed was a Dutchman His Name
was Peck &c.

Fort Edward July 2i 5t 1757 In y e Morning after y e Execu-
tion Before Mentioned in y e former Pamphlet I Se Two Men
that Came In from a Scout that Had Ben atacted as they Said
y e Scout Had Ben out 2 Days Consisting of a Lieu c & 30 Men
But before Night we was Informd y* Non of y e Scout was Kild
Except the Lieu 1 & when They all Shamefully Retreted and
Ran In — y e Lieu 1 Belongd to y e Massachusets Reg fc : Then I

The Diary of Jabcz Fitch, Jr. 237

Had Opportunity to Spend Some time with My New Friend
M r Bell He & I Walkd over to y e Garden & Had Som Pleasing
Discors Some Time afternoon He Gave Me a Coppy of Verses
&c — This Day Serj* Comstock was Reduced to y e Ranks By
y e Gen n s orders for Being Confedret with John Chappel in Sup-
plying y e Regulars with Rhum &c : at Night Oxford Negro of
Capt Wellss Compy I Se Whipd 75 Lashes — In y e Evening
I Spent Some time with John Bennet of y e Regulars an ac-
quaintant &c. He Told Me that He was Going off y e Next
Morning — Now John Chappel is Confind & Sick this Day He
was Tried By y e Cort Mareschal —

July 22 nd In y e Morning a Detachment From y e Whol Line
was Sent to Relieve y e Forts at Still waters & Saratoge From
our Company Moses Cleavland Amasa Mix & Benj n Hopkins
went off. — Tho s Andrus Remains Vary Poor — This Day John
Thomas of y e Rhod Island Reg 1 was Whipd 300 Lashes they
Tell Me For Counterfiting Dollars &c. In y e Evening I went
to Lieu 1 Durkees Tent Se y e News Paper &c —

July 23 rd In y e Morning we Exercisd as Usual — Just as y e
Troop Beet to Relieve y e Guard We Was Alarmd By A Smart
Fireing in y e Woods where our Carpenters were at work — The
Firing Lasted Near 1/2 an Hour as Soon as Possable Gen 11 Ly-
man Got orders to Go out with a Party But there was a Larg
Number went out Before — I went with y e Gen 11 But Before
we Got to y e Party Attacted y e Enimy were Drawn off & Carryd
off their Dead if they Lost any as was Soposd they Did — We
all Returnd in again about in about an Hour & Brought in our
Dead & wounded Men — In y e Whol Engagement was Kild of
y e 35 th Reg 1 Serj 1 Felton Corp 1 Wiley of y e Independants 2
Privats of y e Massachusetts 7 D° of y e Connecticutts 1 D°
Totall I s i c 10P

Lieu 1 Harden & Corp 1 John Ames were Wounded — one of
y e Rhod Islanders was Wounded y e Connecticutt Man Kild was
Amos Bibens of Capt Slapps Company He Livd till Night He
was Buried y e Next Morning &c. one of Cap 1 Jeffery Men Miss-
ing

There was Several Partys Sent after y e Enimy But None
Discoverd em — in y e Afternoon I went out with Capt Gallop I
was Gon about 2 Hours & Got Lost from y e Capt Party & Re-
turnd in again at Night I was Warnd for y e Fort Guard —

Sunday y e 24 th Corp 1 Tho s Andrus was Exceeding Poor
Vary Much Shatterd This Morning He Chappel Peter Button
& Toba Negro Were over to y e Hospital on y e Island &c. I
Mounted y e Fort Guard It Fell to My Lot to take the Ravaleen

238 The Diary of Jabez Fitch, Jr.

Guard without y e Draw Bridg — I Made a Corp 1 of a Dutchman
of y e Indipendants — From 7 oClok to 10 I Spent Cheefly in
Walking y e Draw Bridg Considering y e Conserns of Life &c.

About Midnight there Came Two Men with an Express from
Fort W* Henry to Gen 11 Webb —after I Had Sent to y e Officer
of y e Fort Guard I Opend y e Gait & Let them In & Askd them
what News they Told Me y* Col Parker with 350 Men went
Down y e Lake Saturday Morning Sunday In y e afternoon Col
Parker Capt Ogden & 60 Men Got in in y e Morning they were
attacted at y e Narrows & Most of them Distroyd — This is all
y e Information we Can Get at Present &c We Had a Comfort-
able Night I Slep Considrable

July y e 25 th In y e Morning Gen 11 Webb Marchd off for y e
Lake &c — I was Reliev d at y e Usual time after I Had Made
Report to y e Officer of y e Fort Guard In y e Following Form

Fort Edward July 25 th 1757 A Report of y e Ravelleen Guard
Parole Pembrookshire — Sentries By Day 2 Sentries By Night
2 Nothing Extraordinary Has Hapend Sence I mounted — all
is Well p r Jabez Fitch Serj*

About 2 oClok I Went over to y e Hospitall to Se our Sick
Men there Found Andrus Poorer than Ever Seeming to Have
But Little Time To Live — y e Rest of them Not Much wors —
on y e Island I Accidentally Lit of M r Bell My New friend
He was Lame in one Les: —

y e 26 th I was Not well Some time this Morning there Was a
Man of y e Massachusetts Reg 1 Shot threw y e Hart and Kild in
an Instant By a Gun Going off accidentally in annother Tent —
About Noon I went over onto y e Green with M r Langley Then
He Treated Me with a Bool of Punch &c : Toard Night there
was a Hard Shower of Rain one of Capt Jeffarys Men was
Whip 1 50 Lashes for Sleeping on His Post &c — About Mid-
night y e Night Following there was a Larrem Made By a Sentry
of y e Piqts Firing a Gun But it is Soposd to Be a Fals alarrem

ye 27th About 4 oClok in y e Afternoon Sam 11 Hoscott Died —
This Day a Detachment was Sent off to Relieve y e Detachment
at Half Moon — John Button & Josiah Fullar of our Company
Went off &c. at Night I Could By No Means Furnish Men ac-
cording to y e Details Deliverd to Me — I went to y e Adjutant
and Got it olterd &c.

ye 28 th y e Annuel of our March to y e Lake from this Fort
This Day I was Warnd to Wait on Gen 11 Lyman But was
Excusd Because there was No Other Serj 1 or Corp 11 in y e Com-
pany of from Duty — In y e Forenoon Some time I went with
Ens n Howard Down about 4 Miles Below y e Brick Kils To

Adafn Wright's Will and Inventory. 239

Look Col Pasons Hors there we Found Him with Several other
Horses — -Going & Coming I Marchd in y e Rear Stopd Several
times and Eat Rass Berrys & Black Berrys we Got Back about
2 oClok in y e Afternoon — at Night I Se Several of y e Indepen-
dants whip 1 among others a Man was YVhipt for Loosing His
Blanket & He Said y l He Never Rec d any However He Rec d
10 Lashes & Had Rec d 100 y e Night before on y e Same account
they were Laid on Vary S [blotted] too —

{To be continued.)

ADAM WRIGHT'S WILL AND INVENTORY.*

Transcribed by George Ernest Bowman.

Adam Wright, the son of Richard and Hester (Cooke)
Wright, and the grandson of Francis Cooke of the Mayflower,
died at Plympton, Mass., 20 September, 1724.! His first wife
was Sarah 3 Soule (John 2 , George 1 ) ; his second was Mehitable
the daughter of Robert Barrows of Plymouth. The descend-
ants of the first wife have, therefore, two Mayflower lines and
the children of the second wife but one.

Adam Wright's will and inventory are recorded in the
Plymouth County Probate Records, Volume V, pages 26-29.
The copy of the will here presented was made from the records,
as the original has disappeared from the files, but the inventory
was copied from the original document. The will was probated
on 2 November, 1724, before Isaac 3 Winslow (Gov. Josiah 2 ,
Gov. Edward 1 ), Judge of Probate.

[p. 26] Know all men by these Presents y l I Adam Wright of
Plympton in y e County of Plym th , in new : England : being
grown to old age altho by y e Blessing of God I am in perfect
health & of Sound mind & memory & being minded to Settle
my Estate do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament as
foiloweth that is to Say : Imprimis I give & Bequeath unto my
Son John Wright (besides what I gave Him in y e Land whereon
he now dwelleth) y e Sum of five Shillings money . as also all
my Rights of Land where Ever they may be found which are

* Printed in full by request of a liberal contributor to the Colonial Research
Fund.

v t Mayflower Descendant, I : 178.

240 Adam Wright 's Will and Inventory.

not otherwise disposed of in this Will or otherwise by Deeds.
Item [p. 27] Item : I have already given by deeds unto my two
Sons Isaac Wright & Samuel Wright y e lands whereon they &
I now dwell which I Esteem to be their full Part & Portion of
my Estate : Item : I have already given unto my Son Moses
Wright by Deed all my Lands Lying in Winnatuxitt neck
which I Esteem to be his full Part & Portion of my Estate.
Item : I give & Bequeath unto my two Grand : Children : viz :
Joshua Pratt & Sarah his sister children of my Daughter Esther
Pratt dec d y e Sum of five Shillings a Peice money which with
what I gave unto their s d mother in her Life time I Esteem to
be their full Part & Portion of my Estate. Item. I have given
by Deed bearing Date with these Presents unto my Daughter
Sarah Fuller y e wife of Seth Fuller all my Lands lying upon y e
neck on y e northerly side of Colchester Brook which together
with what moveable Estate She hath already Had I Esteem to
be Her full Part & Portion of my Estate. Item : I give &
bequeath unto my two Sons viz : James Wright & Nathan
Wright y e Sum of one Hundred Pounds in money a Peice to be
Paid unto them by my Executrix out of my Estate when they
shall arrive to y e age of twenty one years old. Item : I give &
bequeath unto my daughter Mary Gifferd y e wife y e wife of
Jeremiah Giffered y e Sum of twenty Pounds to be Paid by my
Executrix out of my moveable Estate at my decease. Item :
I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Rachel Barlow y e wife of
Ebenezer Barlow y e sum of twenty Pounds to be Paid by my
Executrix out of my moveable Estate at my decease Item : I
give & Bequeath unto my True & Loving wife mehitable Wright
(whom I Likewise Constitute make & ordain to be Sole Execu-
trix of this my Last Will & Testament) all y e Remaining Part
of my Estate (my Just Debts & Funeral Charges being first
Paid) to be for Her Support & Comfort So long as She Re-
mains my widdow & to be by Her disposed of to any of my
Children which She Seeth Cause but If it Should So Happen
after my decease that She Shall marry then my Will is that
She Shall have y e Sum of Twenty Pounds out of my Estate &
that She dispose of y e Rest to my Children as aboves d In Wit-
ness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal this ninth
day of aprill one thousand seven Hundred twenty three 1723
Signed Sealed & declared to be Adam Wright (seal)

His last Will & Testament His mark

In Presence of us
Joseph Thomas
Nathaniel Fuller
Isaac Cushman Jun r

Adam Wright's Will and Inventory. 241

[From the Original Inventory.]

A True Inventory of the personal Estate of Adam Wright
Late of Plimpton deceased prised at Plimpton the octo r y e 10 th :
1724 by us y e subscribers.

Imprimis his books apparel and bonds 332 9 6

Item Neat Cattle and swine 9 15 o

Indian & English Corn flax & flax seed 316 o

Item to hoops boxes and old Iron . 270

Item sheeps wool & Cotton wool & wheels & Cards 1 1 1 10

Item Lumber in y e hous 1 10 08

Item Iron ware in y e house and brass 320

Item Earthen ware spoons Glasses & & one Grindstone 014 6

Item peuter & Cotton & Linen yarn 310

Item to beds and beding; and bedsteds 26 10

debts due to the Estate 00 6 o

debts due from the Estate 15 18 9

Isaac Cushman Ju
Joseph Thomas
James Soul

November the 2 d : 1724

The above named Jsaac Cushman Jun r and Joseph Thomas
made oath th[worn] above written is a just and equall apprise-
ment of the personall Estate of Adam Wright of Plimpton in
the County of Plimoth according to the best of their Judgment

Before Isaac Winslow Judge of Probate

November the 2 : 1724

Mehetable Wright Executor named in the last Will and
Testemen[t] of her husband Adam Wright of Plimpton in the
County of Plimoth made oath that the above written is a tru
and perfect Inventory of the Estate of her sd husband Adam
Wright deceased as far as is Come to her knowledg and if more
hereafter appears she will also give it in

Before Isaac Winslow Judge of Probate

January the 5 : 1724

James Soul made oath that the above written is a Just and
equall apprisement of the PZstate of Addam Wright late of
Plimpton deceased according to the best of his Judgment.

Before Isaac Winslow Judge of Probate

242 Records of the First Parish in Brewster.

RECORDS OF THE FIRST PARISH IN BREWSTER,

FORMERLY THE FIRST PARISH IN

HARWICH, MASS.

Transcribed from the Original Records,
By George Ernest Bowman.

The original township of Harwich, Mass., extending across
Cape Cod from north to south, was incorporated in 1694. The
first church gathered within its limits was organized in 1700,
in the northern part of the town, and in 1747 another church
was established in the southern part. In 1S03 the town was
divided, the southern half retaining the name Harwich and
the northern half being incorporated as the town of Brewster,
so named in honor of Elder William Brewster. Since the
division of the town the First Parish in Harwich has become
the First Parish in Brewster.

The records of this church for the forty-eight years from
its organization on October 16, 1700, to and including October
23, 1748, were kept by the first pastor, Rev. Nathaniel Stone.
The second pastor, Rev. Isaiah Dunster, then kept the record
for forty-two years, his first entry (near the bottom of page
121) being dated October 30, 1748, and his last November
14, 1790. The record for these ninety years was kept in a
little book of five and seven-eighths by three and three-fourths
inches in size, bound in leather-covered boards. The book
originally contained two hundred and twenty pages, and twenty
pages loosely stitched together were laid in at the back by Mr.
Dunster whose record covers part of them. Pages 207 to 216
inclusive have been torn out, but pages 213-216, containing
the beginning of Mr. Stone's account of admissions and
baptisms, are still preserved with the book. With these four
pages inserted in their proper place chronologically Mr. Stone's
record appears to be complete. Pages 207-212 are missing.
They were torn out before December S, 1776, or were written
upon before that date, since Mr. Dunster's record for the year
1776, found on pages 204-206 and then skipping to page 217,
appears to be complete. The third pastor, Rev. John Simp-
kins, took up the record in 1791, beginning in the middle of
page 237, and doubtless wrote the remaining three and one

Records of the First Parish in Brezvster. 243

half pages of the book, but the last two pages, 239 and 240,
have been lost.

The leaves of the book are very badly water-stained, and
in a few the ink has eaten through the paper, but there are
very few places where the writing is not legible and the edges
of the leaves are very little worn.

Permission to copy these records has been secured through
the courtesy of the present pastor, the Rev. Thomas Dawes,
and Mr. J. Henry Sears, a member of the parish committee.

[p. 1] On Oct 16 . 1700 . the church in Harwich consisting
of eight persons, was gathered, wh[ose] Chh covenant, with
their names therunto subscribed, is as followeth.

We who are by nature children of wrath, even as others,
and at best but unprofitable Servants of y e Lord [illegible]
being Sensible of our own inability eith[er] to make or keep
Covenant, ^[illegible] all confidence in ourselves, and looking
up to God in X for y e help of his holy Spirit, in this Solemn
work, without which, we can doe nothing as we o[worn] We
doe here in y e presence of y e [worn] high God, his holy Angels
and this as[sem]bly, with Solemnity, fear and rever[ence] at
this time make, or renew our Covenant with the Lord our
God, and with one an other, and (1) We take (y e ) true God,
Father, Son and holy Ghost one God in three persons to be
our God, & promiss y*, through his grace we will be his people.
We give up our Selves and ours unto y e Lord Jehovah to be
his only, wholly and forever. (2) We promiss, Jesus X will-
ing y 1 while [p. 2] we live together we will be carefull to
observe y e rules of distributive justice, rendering each to other
y l honour respect and love which y e gospell of Christ requires
of us, according to y e relations in which we Stand as an
Eclesiastick Society, and y fc we will Seek to preserve and
promote y e peace and grouth of this Church of Christ, and
carefully avoid whatever may tend to obstruct or hinder y e
Same. (3) we also promiss, Christ assisting, y l we will attend
y e rule in watching over one another, exhorting and admonish-
ing one another as y e rule requireth, and [a]s occasion Shall
be. We further promiss, Still depending on y e grace and
strength of X, to indeavour y* there may be a faithfull and
through exercise of discipline, according to w* Christ has
appointed to be observed in his House from time to time
without respect to persons. (4) And Sumarily, we Covenant
I y* we will in all things indeavour to walk, both toward God

244 Records of the Firs: Parish in Brewster.

and one toward another in Sincerity, in love and in peace as
becometh y e gospell : Seeking and indeavouring y e good each
of other, y e restraint of Sin, y e furtherance of y e work and
cause of X amongue us ; indeavouring by our good conversa-
tions to [p. 3] allure those y* are without, to a love to, &
choice of ) rt way of holiness which we profess to walk in.

This Covenant we make y s day w th willing minds, and we
bow our knees to the God and father of our Lord Jesus X,
y* by his grace inabling us we may not only make, but keep
Covenant and be steadfast with him therin, unto his glory and
y e good of us and ours with and after us, Amen.

Nath 11 Stone. Tho : Freeman

Tho : Crosbey. Edw : Bangs.

W m Marick Simon Crosbie

John Freeman. Joseph Pain.

This following Confession of faith was at the Same time
made and Subscribed.

We whose names are under-written being, by y e good and
gracious providence of God So far favoured y t we are brougfht]
to y e day and time Set apart for our Solemn entring into Chh
estate : And the Church of X, being a City Set upon an hill,
which cannot be hid : We are desirous y* our Lights may So
Shine before men, y* our heavenly Father may [p. 4] be
glorified ; And particularly at this time y* the Light of Gospell-
doctrine may Shine forth in our Solemn profession of y e Same ;
We doe declare our full ascent and consent unto, and firm
belief and persuasion of y e truth and certainty of y e Articles
of the Christian Religion according to y e word of God, and
as it is laid down in y e Shorter Chatechisme, comonly called
the Assemblies Chatechisme, and as it has been professed and
held in the Churches which we have been heretofore joyned
unto ; And, by y e grace of God inabling of us doe promiss
to continue therin firm unto y e End.

Nath 11 Stone. Tho : Freeman.

Thomas Crosbie. Edw: Bangs.

W m Marick. Simon Crosbie

John Freeman. Joseph Pain.

After these tilings, on y e Same Day, Nathanaell Stone was
Ordained Pastor of this Church in Harwich.

On Novem 128. 1700 . the Church made choice of M r
Thomas Freeman to the office of a Deacon.

Records of the First Parish in Brewster. 245

[p. 213]* An Account of the names of all y e persons either
admited into, or baptized in y e Church of Harwich ever-since
it was first founded.

Uxor mea Reliance Stone admissa est Decern : 15. 1700.

Lieu 1 Bangs was Admited on the 2 nd of Febru : 17 01.

Tho : Snow's Son Ebenezer, baptised on March 30. 1701.

M rs Sarai Crosbie, Mary Bangs, & y e widow jane Snow were admited

on Apr : 1701.
Filia (meat) nostra Kezia Stone bap[t]izata fuit Apr : 13. 1701.-
Simon Crosbies 1 Son John baptized on Aprill 13. 1701.
Thomas Clark & his Wife admited June 8. 17 01.
Mercy Sears Admited June 15. 1701.
Rebecca Freeman ; Patience Pain ; Ruth Bangs ; Suzannah Grey ;

Mary Crosbey; &: Hannah Snow, all admited on June 22.

1701.
Dorcas Pain baptized June 22. 1701.

;[p. 214] The Wife of Andrew Clark admited on Aug : 3. 1701.
Martha Cole baptized Aug : 17. 17 01.
John, y e Son of Samuel Seers baptized Aug : 24. 1701.
Elkanah y e Son of Stephen Hopkins junior baptized Aug 31. 1701.
The Wives of John Freeman Sen r , of Stephen Hopkins Sen r and

jun r , as also of John King, all admited on Sept : 14. 17 01.
Samuell y e Son of John & Suzanna Grey, baptized Decern : 14.

1701.
Ebenezer, y e Son of Edward & Ruth Bangs baptized Feb : 8. 1702.
Sarai the daughter of Thomas and Sarai Clark baptized Sept : 27.

1702.
Nath 11 , the Son of John and Bathsheba King baptized on Octo : n.

1702.
Hannah y e daughter of Tho. & Hannah Snow baptised on Apr : 25

1703.
Filia nostra Reliance Stone baptisata fuit May 2. 1703.
Lydia, the Daughter of John & Susanna Grey baptised on July

4- i7°3-
Seth, the Son of Samuel! & Mercy Seers baptised on July 18. 1703.
[p. 215] [Ph]ebe the daughter of Joseph and Pati[e]nce Pain

baptized on Aug : 1. 1703.
[HJannah y e daughter of Simon and Mary Crosbey baptized on

Jan : 30. 1703/4
Rouland the Son of Thomas and Sarai Clar[k] baptised on Apr :

9. 1704.

♦Pages 213-216 inclusive are printed here in order to preserve the chrono-
logical order of the entries. See the note at the end of original page 216 and
that at the beginning of original page 5 which immediately follows in this
transcript.

t Crossed out in original.

246 Records of the First Pans It in Brewster.

Nath 11 the Son of John & Bathsheba King baptised on Apr : 23.

1704.
Thomas Crosbey & his Wife admited, & also their children Sarah

& Hannah baptized on June 4. 1704.
Thomas, y e Son of Stephen Hopkins jun : baptized on July 9. 1704.
Lidea y e daughter of Joseph Crosbey of Yarmouth baptized (by

virtue of comunion of churches) on Sept : 3. 1704.
James y e Son of Silas Seers of Yarmouth, baptised (by virtue of

comunion of chhes) on Sep 117. 1704.
M r Winslow admited Sep 117. 1704.
&: his wife y* day fortnight after.
[Rjuth, y e daughter of Edw : and Ruth Bangs baptized on Feb : 4.

I704/5-
Sarah, y e daughter of John & Susanna Grey baptised on Feb. 18.

1704/5-
Deborah y e daughter of Paul Seers of Yarmouth baptized (by virtue

of comunion of Chhes) on May 6. 1705.
Thomas, y e Son of Thomas and Hannah Crosbey baptized en Aug :

19. 1705.
Filius noster, Heman Stone baptizatus fuit Sept : 9. 1705.
A Son of Zech : Paddock of Yarmouth, baptized by virtue of com-
union of chhs on Nov : 4. 1705.
Daniell, the Son of Simon Crosby ; & Suzanna the Daughter of

Thomas Clark Baptised on Dec : 9-1705.
Reliance, y e Daughter of Ensigne Pain baptized on Feb : 3. 17 [05/6]
[p. 216] Mehittabell y e daughter of John & Suzanna Gr[eyj

baptized on June 2. 1706
Elizabeth Mayo baptized (by virtue of comunio[n] of chhs on July

28. 1706.
Lieut : Seers, his Son Benjamin baptized on Aug : 18. 1706.
Eodem Die Joseph Crosbies son Josiah, by virtue of comunion of

churches.
Thomas Lincolns Daughter Mary baptized by virtue of comunion

of chhs, Sep : 15. 1706
Thomas Clarks Daughter Thankfull baptized on Jan : 26. 1707.
Ensigne Maricks Wife admited on Feb : 9. 1707.
Paul Seers his Daughter Ann baptized, by virtue of comunion of

Chhs, Feb : 16. 1707.
Stephen Hopkins's Son Ebenezer baptized on Feb : 23. 1707.
Edw : Bangs's Son, Jonathan, Baptized, Mar : 23. 1707.
Simon Crosbeys Daughter Mercy, baptized. May 4. 17 [07]
Lydia, the wife of Tho Snow admited July 2[*] [1707]
Thomas Snowes Daughter Lydia baptized Aug 117. i7o[7]
Mary, y e Daughter of Canelm Winslow bap[tiz]ed (by virtue of

comunion of chhs) on Sep : 21. 1707

This must be either 20 or 27.

Records of the First Paris/* in Brewster. 247

Edw : Snowes Wife admitted on Oct : 12. 1707. and their children
Thomas, Jabez. Rebeckka, and Martha baptized on the
Sabbath next following.

Rome here failing, turn back to Page 5. where the Account pro-
ceedeth.

[P* 5] ®t all Persons hithertoe admited into, or baptized in this
Chh, See Page 213, and forward; Oct : 12. 1707.

Edward Snow admitted on Xov : 30. 1707.

John Gray's Son Andrew baptized on Feb : 8. 1708.

Filius noster, Nathan Stone, aqua Sacramentali lavatus, Feb : 22.

1708.
The Wife of Joseph Seers of Yarmouth admited on March 21. 1708.
and on y e Same day Tho : Linckhorn with his Wife & M r - Mayo

received in from other Chhs.
Zecharia Paddocks Daughter Priscilla baptised, by virtue of corn-
union of Chhs, on Apr : 11. 1708
Joseph Seers's Children, Zechariah, Joseph, Priscilla and Hannah

baptized on May 2. 1708.
Lieutenant Nicorsons Wife of Monomoit admited on Xov : 14. 170S.
Thomas and Mary y e Son and Daughter of Ensigne Pain baptised

on Dec : 5. 1708.
John Crosbey and his Wife admited on Decern : 12. 1708.
M r Hopkins admited on Dec : 26. 1708.
M r Hopkins ; John Crosbies children viz Thomas, John & Jonathan ;

as also John Kings Daughter Bathsheba, all baptised on Jan

2. 1708
[p. 6] Simon Crosbies son Ebenezer, and Tho : Lincolns Son

Sam 11 baptized on Feb : 20. 1708/9.
Prince Snow's Wife admited, and Filia nostra Thankfull baptizata,

March 6. 1708/9.
Prence Snowes children, viz Jabez, Samuell, Prence, Hannah &

Mercy baptized on March 20. 1708/9.
Joseph Seers his Wife dismissed from this Chh, to that in Yar-
mouth on Apr : 24-1709.
And at y e Same time the Wife of John Smith admited into this

Church.
Thomas Clarks Son, Seth baptized on May 15. 1709.
John Crosbies Son Daved baptized on May 22. 1709.
Chillingsworth Foster admited ; his two Sons James, & Chillins-

worth; with Tho Crosbies Son Edward baptized, all on May

29. 1709.
Thomas Snow's Son Thomas baptized on June 19. 1709.
Lieutenant Tho : Nicorson of Monomoit, his Nine Children, viz,

Jonathan, Mercy, Thomas, William, Ebenezer, Edward Nath 11 ,

Mary, Thankfull, all baptized on Oct : 9. 1709.
John Gray's Daughter Anna, baptised on Oct. 23. 1709.

248 Records of tlie First Parish in Brewster.

[J]ohn Harskall of Rochester, his son John baptis[ed] on Nov : 20.

1709.
[p. 7] Edw : Snowes Son Nath 11 and Chillings worth Fosters Daugh-
ter Man* both baptized on Jan : S. 1709/10.
Prince Snowes two Sons Jonathan and Daved baptized on Jan : 22.

1709/10.
Edw. Bangs Rebeckkah baptised on March 12. 1709/10
Israeli Coles Wife dismissed from this Chh in Aprill 1710.
Simon Crosbies Son Moses baptised on June 11. 1710.
Thomas Clarkes Son Isaac baptized on Aug : 13. 17 10.
Sam 11 Hopkinss Wife admited, and she with her Son Richard

baptised on Oct : 29. 17 10.
Joseph Pains son Jonathan baptised on Dec : 10. 17 10.
Thomas Lincolns Daughter Mercy baptised on Dec : 31. 17 10.
John Kings Wife Admitted on Jan : 14. 1710/11
Tho : Snowes Son Aaron Baptised on March 18. 1710/n.
Tho Hinckleys Widow admited . and her Sons Joshua and Thomas

baptized Apr : 22. 17 11.
Sam 11 Hopkins & Stephen Griffiths Wife admited on May 6. 171 1.
Stephen Griffiths Children, Joseph, Stephen, Lazarus, Barnabas, &

Rebekka baptized May 20. 171 1.
Charels Clarks Wife admited on June 3. 1711.
Her children John and Frances Baptized on Jue 10-17 11.
Then Also Sam 11 Hynckley & his Wife admited and He baptized.
[p. 8] Sam 11 Hyncklies children Seth, Sam 11 & Shubael baptized on

June 17. 1711.
Unice Stone, filia nostra, Baptizata fuit June 24. 171 1.
Sam 11 Bangs and his wife admited on July 1. & She, with their

children Seth, Sam 11 , David and Man-, baptized on July 8. 17 11.
Stephen Hopkins's Daughter Phebe, baptized on Aug : 12. 1711.
Kanelm Winslow's Daughter Hannah baptized on Sept : 9-1711.
Sam 11 Hopkins's Son Moses baptized on Dec : 30. 17 11.
Simon Crosbeys son Increase baptized on Feb : 24. 1711/12.
John Gray Son Elisha baptized on March 9. 1711/12. & Chiillings-

worth Fosters Son Thomas on y e 1 6 of y e Same moneth.
John Crosbies Son Joshua baptized on Sept : 7. 1712.
William Nicorsons Wife, admited, on her dismission from Eastham

Chh on y e Sabbath imediately preceeding.
Prince Snowes Daughter Mary baptized on Oct : 19. 17 12.
Thomas Crosbies Daughter Abigail baptized Nov : 16. 17 12.
Sam 11 Flynkleys son Edmund Baptized on Jan : 18. 171 2/3
Thomas Lincolnes Daughter Margaret baptized on Jan : 25. 1712/13.
Thomas Snowes Daughter Ruth; & Sam 11 Bangs's son Josoph

baptized on March 1. 17 12/13
John Kings E>aughter Mercy baptized on May 17. 17 13.
[p. 9] Sam 11 Tucker of Chatham admited on May 17. 17 13.
The Widow Pains Daughter Experience baptized on June 7. 1713.
Sam 11 Hopkinses Daughter Lidia baptized on June 14. 17 13.

Records of the First Parish in Brewster. 249

John Grayes Son Joshua baptized Oct : 25. 17 13.

Andrew Clarks Wife admited Nov : S. 17 13.

Andrew Clarks Daughter Mehetabell baptized on Nov : 15. 17 13.

Nathan 11 Stone Filius Noster baptizatus fuit Nov. 29. 17 13.

John Freeman jun : his wife admited Mar : 14. 17 13/14

his. children Sarah, Mercy, John and Phebe baptized March 28.

I7I3/I4.

Stephen Griffith's child Baptized May 16. 171 4.

Thomas Snow admited on June 13. 1714.

John Freeman jun : admited July 11. 1714.

Andrew Clarks child Elizabeth baptized July iS. 17 14.

Lieutenant Clarks Elizabeth Baptized Aug : 1. 17 14.

Mercy Smith admited on Aug. 29. 17 14.

John Freemans Thankfull Baptised on Oct : 10. 17 14.

Stephen Hopkins's Hanna baptized Nov : 7. 17 14.

Sam 11 Hynckleys Reliance baptised on Jan : 23. 17 14/15

John Grayes Anna baptized Feb : 20. 17 14/15.

And Widow Crosbies Abia at y e Same time.

Sam 11 Bangs's Melatia baptised March 6. 17 14/15.

Debora Weeks and Rachell Whing admited and baptised on May 1.

John Whings Wife admited on June 12. 17 15

[p. 10] Chillingsworth Foster Son Nathan baptised June 12. 17 15.

Sam 11 Halls Wife admited on June 19. 1 715.

Sam 11 Tuckers children viz Kezia Elizabeth and Thankfull all

baptised on July 3. 17 15.
Sam 11 Hopkins's Daughter Reliance baptized on July 24. 17 15.
Achsah Stone filia nostra baptizata Sept : 4. 1715.
Sam 11 Seers jun : and his Wife admited on Sept : 18. 17 15.
Sam 11 Sers's children Abigail, Ruth and Mercy Baptized Oct : 16.

1715

And at y e same time George Weeks's Daughter Abigail.

John Whings Daughter Bethia baptised on March ir. 1715/16.

On March 25. 17 16. after the Death of Deacon Freeman, Mr
Thomas Crosbey and Mr Thomas Lincoln were chosen by y e
Chh, with y e concurrence of their Pastor to Succeed in that
office.

Deacon Lincolns Daughter Thankfull baptised on May 13. 17 16.

At Deacon Freemans death was seven pounds overplus of y e con-
tributions for y* Sacrament, the one half of which was returned
to y e Chh, and the other given by them to his family.

(To be continued.)

250 Cape Cod Pi/grim Memorial Association.

CAPE COD PILGRIM MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.
To Every Patriotic American :

It is proposed to erect upon the highest point in Province-
town, Mass., a suitable monument to commemorate the first
landing of the Pilgrim fathers upon Cape Cod soil and the
adoption by them of the immortal Compact of Civil Govern-
ment in the cabin of the Mayflower.

This is an object which should appeal to every patriotic
citizen. In this cause the people of Cape Cod have already
contributed nearly $5000.00. The Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts by its last Legislature endorsed by unqualified approval
this effort to erect such a memorial by appropriating the sum
of $25,000.00, provided the same amount should be procured
by the Association within three years.

The scope of its meaning and the breadth of its support are
limited only by the confines of the nation, at the basis of whose
strength lie the eternal principles which the Pilgrims assisted
to place there.

Never was it more necessary than today that their truth
should be remembered by us and impressed on others. In an
essentially commercial age, when men are too often absorbed in
the eager struggle for wealth ; when industrial prosperity is
advancing by leaps and bounds ; when combinations of the
wealth so created wield unprecedented power, it cannot be too
often or too strongly emphasized that true national power and
stability do not consist in the mere prizes of commercial su-
premacy but in those great underlying principles of civil and
religious liberty laid down in their hour of distress and poverty,
by the Pilgrims one winter day in Provincetown harbor so many
years ago.

In thus honoring the Pilgrims we honor and proclaim to the
nation the value of the real elements of its great prosperity.
Therefore, according to your individual ability and conscience,
we trust that you will aid us in this effort.

Let us all then unite in erecting an appropriate memorial
to the Pilgrims as rugged and as lofty as befits their work and
character, at the place where their feet touched the land whose
life and history they have so greatly moulded.

It is desirable that these contributions may be so prompt

Reports from State Societies. 251

and substantial that within the ensuing year the sum of $20,000
may be secured, which will enable the Association to take ad-
vantage of the wise generosity of the Commonwealth, which
has not only cordially endorsed the undertaking but has insisted
on the reasonable co-operation and self help of a powerful and
grateful people.

Is it too much to expect that those of us upon whom
"Dame Fortune" has smiled should and will contribute to this
noble undertaking a goodly amount and those of us less fortu-
nate the sum of one dollar which will entitle the donor to
become a member ?

J. HENRY SEARS, President, Brewster, Mass.

R. C. NICKERSON, Chairman, East Brewster, Mass.

THOMAS C. THACHER, Boston, Mass.

WILLIAM B. LAWRENCE, Medford, Mass.

HENRY H. BAKER, Hyannis, Mass.

MARSHALL L. ADAMS, Provincetown, Mass.

EVERETT I. NYE, Wellfleet, Mass.

HENRY H. SEARS, East Dennis, Mass.

OSBORN NICKERSON, Chathamport, Mass.

Directors of Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Association.

[Contributions should be sent to Howard F. Hopkins,
Treasurer, Provincetown, Mass.]

REPORTS FROM STATE SOCIETIES.

MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY.
Donations to the Library and Cabinet.

"John Allen and Phoebe Deuel of Cambridge and Peru, N. Y.," from
the-oompiler, Mr. Charles J. North.

" History of the British Dominions in North America," (London,
1773), from Miss Elizabeth Cowing.

" Samuel E. Sewail, A Memoir," from Mr. George A. Dary.

"John Hall of Wallingford, Conn.," from the compiler, Mr. James
Shepard.

"Loss of the Sparrow-Hawk in 1626" ; "The Wreck of the Somerset,
British Man-of-\Var " : and a Piece of a Pear Tree said to have been
planted in Eastham by Gov. Thomas Prence and blown down in 1879, all
from Mr. Everett Irving Nye.

252 Reports from State Soeietics.

Members Elected.
June 30, 1902.

718. Mrs. Charles Francis Washburn, Worcester, seventh from John

Alden.

719. Miss Miriam Washburn, Worcester, eighth from William Bradford.

720. George Ulysses Grant Holman, New York, N. Y., tenth from

William Brewster.

721. Rev. George Madison Bodge, Westwood, eighth from John How-

land.

722. Edward Eugene Clapp, Atlanta, Ga., seventh from John Alden.

Supplemental Lines Filed.

July, 1902.

708. Charles Brooks Perkins, ninth from John Alden (three lines) ; tenth
from John Billington, ninth from Francis Billington ; tenth from
William Brewster (two lines), ninth from Love Brewster ; tenth
from Peter Brown ; tenth from Francis Cooke (two lines) ; tenth
from Stephen Hopkins ; ninth from Stephen Hopkins ; ninth from
George Soule (four lines) ; ninth from Myles Standish (three lines) ;
tenth from Richard Warren (two lines).

August, 1902.

635. Mrs. Edward H. Nichols, ninth from John Alden, ninth from
Richard Warren.

NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Member Elected.
June 6, 1902.

686. Mrs. William Rice Donaghe, Morristown, N. J., seventh from John
Howland.

CONNECTICUT SOCIETY.

Members Elected.
July 14, 1902.

227. Mrs. Robert James Johnston, Humboldt, Iowa, ninth from William

Brewster.

228. Mrs. William Henry Osborn, New London, ninth from John How-

land.

PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY.

Members Elected.
June 18, 1902.

137. Mrs. Andrew Thompson, Hinesdale, eighth from Edward Fuller,

seventh from Samuel- Fuller.

138. Mrs. George Dallas Dixon, Rosemont, ninth from John Howland.

139. Mrs. John Marshall, Philadelphia, eighth from William Bradford.

140. Robert Alexander, Philadelphia, tenth from Francis Cooke, ninth

from John Cooke.

Reports from State Societies, 253

141. James Frederick Fahnestock, Jr., Philadelphia, ninth from William

Brewster.

142. Lincoln Godfrey, Radnor, tenth from Thomas Rogers.

ILLINOIS SOCIETY.

Members Elected.

July 8, 1902.

90. Mrs. Marvin Ansel Dean, Evanston, ninth from John Alden.

91. Myron Day Downs, Chicago, eighth from William Bradford.

92. Frederick Gale Davis, Chicago, ninth from William Brewster.

Supplemental Lines Filed.
July, 1902.

83. Glenn Wood, M.D., eighth from John Alden; ninth from William
Brewster ; seventh from John Howland.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SOCIETY.

Members Elected.
June 14, 1902.

125. Mrs. Edward Orr Stafford, Marquette, Mich., eighth from William

Bradford.

126. Horace Albert Baker, Brooklyn, N. Y., seventh from John Alden.

127. Miss Flora Louise Priscilla Johnson, Washington, eighth from John

Alden.

128. Mrs. George F. Elliott, Norfolk, Va., ninth from William Bradford.

129. Axel Hayford Reed, Glencoe, Minn., eighth from William Bradford.

130. Chauncey Otis Howard, Mt. Holly, N. J., ninth from Francis Cooke.

131. Charles Harris Hopkins, Santa Barbara, Cal., seventh from Stephen

Hopkins, sixth from Gyles Hopkins.

132. Rev. George Brinckerhoff Richards, Buffalo, N. Y., eighth from John

Howland.

133. Joshua Freeman Grozier, Denver, Col., eighth from Stephen Hopkins,

seventh from Gyles Hopkins.

134. Charles Tufts Caldwell, M.D., Washington, eighth from Isaac Aller-

ton, seventh from Mary Allerton.

135. Miss Maybelle Raymond, Washington, eighth from Edward Doty.

136. Mrs. Price Colby Clafliri, Washington, ninth from John Alden.

137. Mrs. Amherst Willoughby Barber, Washington, eighth from John

Howland.

138. Edmund Southard Parker, Washington, seventh from Edward Doty.

139. Bascom Johnson, Philadelphia, Pa., eighth from John Alden.

140. Mrs. Henry Sewall Hall, Washington, seventh from John Alden.

141. Mrs. John C. Dent, Manilla, P. I., eighth from William Bradford.

142. Mrs. John G. McMillan, Hoquiam, Wash., seventh from George

Soule.

143. Mrs. Lewis Randolph Bryan, Houston, Texas, eighth from William

Brewster.

2 $4 Pilgrim Notes and Queries.

144. Miss Ellen Geer, Norwich, Conn., eighth from William Bradford.

145. Mrs. Arthur Bertram Skelding, Wilmington, N. C, ninth from

Richard Warren.

NEW JERSEY SOCIETY.

Members Elected.
April II, 1902.

28. Amor}- Thompson Skerry, Jr., Montclair, ninth from Myles Standish.

29. William Maxson Stillman, Plainfield, eighth from William Brewster.

30. Mrs. Pern- Haight Bradshaw, Orange, ninth from William Brewster.

31. William Seymour Tyler, Plainfield, ninth from William Bradford.

32. Boardman Wright, Plainfield, ninth from William Bradford.

33. William George Wright, Plainfield, ninth from William Bradford.

34. Mrs. William George Wright, Plainfield, ninth from William Brad-

ford.

PILGRIM NOTES AND QUERIES.
Notes.

Peter Brown's Children. In the January, 1903, number the Editor
will present evidence, discovered by him in the original records, which
seems to prove that only one child of Peter Brown's second wife survived,
and that this child was Rebecca, the wife of William Snow of Duxbury
and Bridgewater.

The children by the first wife were Mary, who married Ephraim Tink-
ham of Plymouth, and Priscilla, who became the wife of William Allen of
Sandwich.

Stephen Hopkins and His Descendants. This section of The
Mayflower Genealogies will begin in the next number, January, 1903.
The delay has been unavoidable, and has been caused by the necessity
for devoting the time to the work of bringing the magazine up to date.

Colonial Research Fund. Additional Contributions received to
September 1, 1902: George Ernest Bowman, $100.00 (Received from
sales of Bowman's Ancestral Charts and Freeman Genealogies, as adver-
tised) ; New Jersey Society of Mayflower Descendants, 525.00: Joseph
H. Goodspeed, S2.00 ; Previously acknowledged, $928.50; Total, $1055.50.

Holiday Gifts. We beg to remind our readers that a subscription
to "The Mayflower Descendant" for the coming year will prove an
exceedingly interesting and valuable holiday present for any one descended
from a Mayflower passenger, even if the recipient is not a member of
the Society of Mayflower Descendants. The giver will also have the
satisfaction of knowing that the money expended for the gift will help
along the important work of collecting information about the Pilgrims and
their descendants.

Pilgrim Notes a?id Queries. 255

The Later Generations of the Mayflower Genealogies. We
are now ready to begin collecting the data required for compiling the later
generations of the Mayflower Genealogies. A great deal of this material
must necessarily be secured from living' descendants of the different May-
flower passengers and special blanks have been prepared for this purpose.
These blanks, with complete directions for filling them out, will be sent to
every living descendant whose name and address can be secured, and we
beg to urge upon our readers the importance of sending to us as early as
possible the address of every person claiming descent from a Mayflower
passenger. There are many thousands of descendants whose names can
be obtained in no other way and a prompt compliance with this request
will greatly facilitate the work.

We would repeat here what has been so often stated, that the May-
flower Genealogies are intended to include every- descendant, in all male
and female branches, of every one of the Mayflower passengers.

The success of this immense undertaking will depend entirely upon
the intelligent co-operation and support of those most vitally interested in
the result - — the descendants living at the present time If they neglect
or refuse to furnish the facts about their own immediate families they
alone will be to blame if these facts do not appear in the printed genealogies.

Correspondents in sending us addresses of descendants should be
particular to specify the ancestor from whom each person is descended.
This will enable us to classify the names at once and will save a great
deal of unnecessary time and labor. Correspondents should also remem-
ber to give their own addresses on every letter. The Editor receives many
letters during the year which do not observe this important rule, and a
great deal of valuable time is wasted in trying to find the proper address,
and in a number of cases the search has been in vain.

Private Family Records. Many of our readers have in their pos-
session old family bibles, diaries, almanacs, account books or other docu-
ments containing records of births, marriages or deaths not to be found
on any public record; also unrecorded deeds and agreements of heirs
which contain the only known proofs of various lines of descent from
Mayflower passengers. It is of the utmost importance that such docu-
ments should be preserved and the facts contained therein made available
for use in compiling " The Mayflower Genealogies." Many hundreds of
such documents have already been destroyed by fire or by frequent and
careless handling. To prevent the, loss of those still in existence they
should at once be deposited in fireproof safes or vaults. The entries
should also be photographed or literal copies should be made by an expert.
The expense of photographing is exceedingly small compared with the
importance of having an exact facsimile of the document if by any acci-
dent the original is destroyed.

Owners of old documents of any kind containing genealogical data
relating to lines of descent from any of the Pilgrim families are urged to
deposit them with the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants
for safe keeping. This Society's office is located in a modern fireproof
building and a very large fireproof safe has been provided expressly for
the protection of valuable documents donated to it or deposited with it.
Those who are not willing to deposit their documents are requested to
allow the Editor to have copies made for use in " The Mayflower Gene-
alogies."

A number of private records have already been printed and it is much
to be desired that many more should be preserved in this way.

256 TJic Mayflower Dcsce?ida?it i?i IpOJ.

THE MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT IN J903.

Our fifth volume will unquestionably be of greater interest and value
than any yet published. The present number (October, 1902) will be
issued on time and important articles which have been held back because
it has seemed best to devote our efforts to bringing the magazine up to
date can now be taken up. The initial article on " Stephen Hopkins and
His Descendants " will certainly appear in the January number and will
contain important new material. The article on Peter Brown's children
will prove of exceptional interest to the great number of persons claiming
descent from him.

The letter written in 1631 by Gov. Bradford to Gov. Winthrop of
Massachusetts Bay Colony, bearing the autograph signatures of William
Bradford, Thomas Prence, Myles Standish, John Alden and Dr. Samuel
Fuller, will be printed from the original document, which will also be
reproduced in half-tone.

An illustrated article on the name "Mayflower" will be of especial
importance since it will relieve the minds of those who have been misled
by the statements of careless writers to the effect that there exists no
contemporary authority for the use of the name " Mayflower " as applied
to the vessel in which the Pilgrims reached Plymouth in 1620.

An article on Autographs of Mayflower Passengers will be illustrated
by half-tone reproductions of the exact size of the originals.

We shall begin to reprint Gov. Bradford's " Letter Book," a document
with which very few persons seem to be familiar. It will prove of great
interest to every Mayflower descendant.

Some important discoveries by the Editor, opening new lines of descent
from Mayflower passengers, will be published.

The "Brewster Book" contains a great deal of very interesting material
not yet published and in the January number will begin a transcript of the
earliest entries.

Plymouth First Church Records and Brewster P^irst Parish Records
will be continued and other church records will be started.

The Records of the following towns will be continued: Barnstable,
Bridgewater, Chatham, Dartmouth, Eastham and Orleans, Halifax, Harwich,
Marshfield, Middleborough, Plymouth, Plympton, Scituate, Weilfleet, Yar-
mouth.

The printing of the Wills and Inventories of the Second and Third
Generations will be continued, the order in which they are taken up being
determined by the preferences of contributors to the Colonial Research
Fund, as announced in the issue for January, 1902. Among the Second
Generation wills not yet printed are those of the following persons: David 2
Alden, Joseph 2 Alden, Jonathan 2 Alden, William Pabodie, Thomas Delano,
Moses Maverick, Edward- Doty, John 2 Doty, Rev. Samuel 2 Fuller, Isaac 2
Howland, Jabez 2 Howland, John 2 Howland, Joseph 2 Howland, James
Brown, John 2 Rogers, Stephen" 2 Samson, Thomas Bonney, Robert Sprout,
George 2 Soule, Nathaniel 2 Soule, John Haskell, Alexander 2 Standish,
Richard Church, Anthony Snow, Gov. Josiah 2 Winslow.

The Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories, the Plymouth Colony
Deeds, the Barnstable County Probate Records and the Diary of Jabez
Fitch, Jr., will be continued. A number of Private Family Records and
important Depositions will be printed. The Pilgrim Notes and Queries
and Reports from State Societies will appear as usual in each number.

INDEX OF PERSONS,

Abbott, mrs. Charles W., 1S9
Aberdecest, indian, 134
Adadourian, Haig, 127
Adams, Charles Francis, 55

Edward Milton, 51

Elizabeth, 201

Hannah, 204, 206

Harriet Lawrence, 46

Hugh, 201

Marshall L., 251

Peter, 206

Susanna, 201
Agry, mrs. George, Jr., 56
Alde.v )_
Aldin J °~

Amy \V., 56

David, 256

Elizabeth, 65, 9S

George A., 189

John, 45, 46, 56-59, 62, 65. 82, 98,
126-12S, 1S6, 187, 190, 191, 202,
252, 253, 256

Jonathan, 256

Joseph, 256

Ruth, 202
Alderson, Victor Clifton, 52, 58

Aldworth, , 109

Alexander, Robert, 252

ALEf} Abb y LOTi ".5<

Francis Olcott, 51, 58

Frederick Baylies, 3, 55, 126, 189

J. Weston, 51, 55, 126

Prisciila, 254

Rebecca, 139

Robert, 170

Walter, 139

William, 254
Allerton ) Isaac, 35, 37, 45, 62, 95,
Olerton ) 109, no, 128, 253

Mary, 37, 253

Sarah, 136
Ames, see also Eames

Fisher, 55, 57

John, 217
Andrews ) d . , , r#M , Trn
Andrews I Rlchard ' I0 9' 110
Andros ( -p,
Andrus ^benezer, 114

Joanna, 114
John, 1 14
Mary, 114

I-

Andros

Andrus J> Sarah, 114

cont'd

Thomas, 14S, 235, 237, 238
Anthony, mrs. Edward, Jr., 1S9
Antisdel, mrs. Albert, 59
Appleton, Mary, 126

Armitage, , 171

Armstrong ) ~

ARMESTRONG \ G ^ ^ 97

Arnold, -— — , 38

mrs. George F., 62

Samuel, 126
Arthur, Bradford, 64

Hannah, 64

John, 2

Richard, 64

Ashley, , 150

Ashpo, John. 14S
Aspinwall, Algernon A., 51

mrs. Edward, 190
Atkins )

Atkines > Desire, 201
Atkens )

John, 2or

Joseph, 229

Joshua, 201

Sarah, 201

Susanna, 2CI
Atwood )

Attwood > , 82

Atwod )

Anna, 141

Anne, 141

Benjamin, 141

Bethiah, 201

Deborah, 141, 201

Ebenezer, 141

Edward S., 51

Eldad, 141

Hannah, 140

John, 141, 228, 232

Joseph, 201

Mary, 141

Sarah, 141
Austin, mrs. Arthur William, 191
Ayer, mrs. Monroe, 56

BA[~a/orti], Samuel, 126
Babcock, Augustus Hatch, Co
Backus, J. Bayard, 57
Bacon, Francis, 107

257

258

Index of Persons.

/ Gorham, 57

Bacon
cont'd

Hannah, 224
Bailey, capt., 235
Bailhache, mrs*. Preston H., 51
Baker ) T ,.
Backer \ L > -dia ' l8 5

Eleanor, 126

George F., 62

Henry H., 251

Horace Albert, 253

Isaac, 228, 229, 232

Josiah, 126

Lorenzo D., 52, 1S9

Patience, 31, 126

Samuel, 31, 126

Sarah, 145

Shubael, 185
Balcom, Henry, 140
Baldwin, rnrs. Lyman Hayden, 60
Ball, mrs. John Henry, 56
Bancroft, George, ic6

£JSLJA"JA.»77

Apphia, 142

David, 177, 248

Ebenezer, 245

Edward, 29, 119, 244-246, 248

Elizabeth, 30

Hannah, 29, 32

Jonathan, 29, 30, 246

Joseph, 177, 24S

Joshua, 32

Lydia, 30

Lemuel, 177

lieutenant, 245

Mary, 29, 177, 245, 248

Melatiah, 177, 249

Mercy, 30, 140

Rebecca, 29, 248

Ruth, 245, 246

Samuel, 30, 177, 248, 249

Sarah, 30, 177

Setb, 177, 248

Tamsen, 29

Barb ar ( mrs " Amherst Willoughby,253

Thomas, 136
Barden, Content, 73
Barker, Anna, 138

Desire, 125

Eben Francis, 51, 58

Edward T., 51

mrs. Edward T., 51, 52, 55

John, 125, 138

Samuel, 125
Barlow, Ebenezer, 240

Joanna, 70

Rachel, 240

William, 70
Barnard, George Edward, 56

Joan, 99

John, 96-100, 170

Jonathan, 99

Lydia, 99
Barney, Rufus, 20

Sarah, 20
Barret, James, 72

Mary, 72
Barrows ) t.,
Barrow J Ebenezer, 70

Francis, 74
Hannah, 112
Henry, 106
Jemima, 20
John, 112

Mehitable, 192, 239
Mercy, 74
Peleg, 20
Robert, 239
Ruth, 112
Samuel, 70, 74, 112
Sarah, 70, 112
Susanna, 70

Will

1am, 70

Enos,

191

58, 62

Bartholomew v
Bartholamew ^ nos ' 2 35

BARTLETT I ,,, tt £„

Bartlet }AbbyH.,62

Abigail, jii

Benjamin, in, 113

Benjamin De Wolf

Charles, 59

James, 11 1

Jean, 113

Joanna, in

Joseph, 151

Robert, 186, 18S

Sarah S., 127

Solomon, 111
Bartol, George E

BASs S E | Hannah ' 2 °4, 2 °6
John, 202-206
Joseph, 202-204, 206
Joseph Parker, 60
Mary, 204
Ruth, 202, 204, 206
Samuel, 203, 204, 206
Sarah, 204

Batchelder, Lydia, 18
Batcheller, Joanna, 21
William, 21

Bate 5 \ Albert CarIos ' I93

elder, 131

Joanna, 68

Joseph, 6S

mrs. Joshua, 189

Mercy, 6S
Baylies, Francis, 101
Beal, Boylston A., 55, 127

Index of Persons.

259

> Aims

Bearce

Bers \ Anna, 1S2

Barce

Benjamin, 1S2, 1S5

Elizabeth, 1S5

Ruth, 22
Beauchamp ) T . c „ „„ TTrt
Beachamp } John, 87, 109, ho

Beck, James M., 57
Beecher, Henry Ward, 106
Beedell ) t , «

BIDDLE } Joseph, 2, 82

Bell, William, 255, 237, 23S
Bellow, capt., 235
Benjamin, Mary, 221
Bennet, Elizabeth, 72

John, 235, 237

Joseph, 73

Lydia, 72

Mercy, 72

Nehemjah, 72

Thankful, 73
Benson, Martha, 20

i™ }**«**

Besbey, Hopestill, 173

Best, , 14S

BlBENS, Amos, 237
Biddle, see Beedell
Bigelow, Adeline Amelia, 127
Billington, Eleanor, 95

Francis, 56, 57, 95, 127, 191, 252

John, 45, 56, 57, 62, 127, 191, 252
Bird \ , r , rvmn „
Byrd f fhomas ' 8 3
Birdsall, Sarah, 64
Bishop, Louis Brackett, 59
Blacke, Miles, 170
Blackwell, — — , 170
Blanchard, Joseph, 137

Thomas, 137
Blatchkord, mrs. E. W., ci

Paul, 58
Blish, James Knox, 56, 62
Bodge, George Madison, 252
Boge, Daniel, 149, 150
Bolton, Gamaliel, 20

Susanna, 20
Bonney, Sarah, 163

Thomas, 256
Bonum, George, 119
Bosworth, Deborah, 20

Hannah, 73

Joseph, 20
Bourne, Joseph Baker, 58

Richard, 215, 216

Thomas, 2
Bowers, mrs. George W., 191
Bowman, George Ernest, 14, 22, 37, 43,
52, 55, 98. 114. 122, 143, 150, 153,
159, 161, 165, 171, 182, 185, 193,
202, 212, 217, 227, 233, 239, 242,
254

?£™**\ mrs. Justice H., 127

SSSS5J ™™*> *»

Bradford, Alice, 93, 145
David, 143-145
Ephraim, 143-145
Gamaliel, 55
Hannah, 21, 64, 145
Hezekiah, 143-145
Israel, 144-146
John, 144-147
Joseph, 38, 144
Mary, 143, 145
Mary Win slow, 44
Melatiah, 145
Mercy, 15, 145
Samuel, 144-147
Sarah, 64, 145
Thomas, 64, 144
"William, 3, 7, 11-13, 16, 25, 27, 29,

35» 36, 4i> 45. 47. 5 2 » 56, 5S-60,
62, 64, 82, 84, 85, 87-90, 92, 93,
97, 101-104, 107, 127, 129, I43~ 1 47i
186,187, *9h 193- 1 93> 215, 216,
220, 252-254, 256
Bradley, mrs. J. Payson, 55
Bradshaw, mrs. Perry Haight, 254
Bramble, Catherine A. D., 51
Branch, John, 3
Bray, mrs. Alonzo B., 45, 189
Brayton, mrs. Charles R M 62, 189
Breed, mrs. Frank Melville, 56
Brett, William, 82
Brewster, Flora L., 65

Jonathan, 82

Love, 56, 57, 65, 128, 191, 252

Lyman Denison, 51, 53, 57, 62, 100,
126

Mary, 18

Sarah, 64, 128, 186, 187

Seabury, 64

William, 6, 7, 18, 45, 56, 57, 59, 62,
65, 100, 101, 103, 105-1097 126,
190-192, 215, 242, 252-254

Wrestling, 65-67
Briggs, Charles, 106

Clement, 35, 131

David, 131

Eunice, 21

Remember, 131
Brinley, Charles A., 58
Brooke, Stopford W., 1
Brooks, L. Loring, 55, 1S9

Phillips, 106
Brown { t .o

Browne f ' I55

mrs. Charles Henry, 191

David Henry, 190

James, 84, 256

James Crosby, 5S

John, 8, 83-S6, 103

lieutenant, 236

26o

Index of Persons.

Brown )

Browne > Mary, 122, 12S, 254

confd )

Orlando, 52

Peter, 45, 57, 62, 122, 12S, 1S6, iSS,
191, 252, 254, 256

Priscilla, 254

Rebecca, 254

Samuel, 229-232

Thomas, 229
Bryan, mrs. Lewis Randolph, 253
Bryant, Deborah, 20

John, 234
Buckley, James M., 57

John, 170
Buell, Edward Wyllys, 59
Bull, William Lanman, 57
Bumpus )

Bum pas > Edward, 3, 71, 1S6, 1S8
Bumpase )

Martha, 71

Penelope, 71
Bunker, George, 132, 133
Bunting, Thomas, 97
Burditt, Charles A., 51, 1S9
Burke, William Bardwell, 191
BursleY, Joanna, 221

Joseph Aldrich, 127, 190

Burton, , 170

Bush, Ella Agnes, 127
Bush — Brown, H. K., 51
Bushnf.LL, Horace, 106
Butler, Lucy Palmer, 51

Thomas, 170
Button, John, 238

Peter, 237

Cadman, Phebe, 19

Cady, mrs. David D., 60

Cahoon )

Cohoon > James, 199, 224, 229

Cohoone)

Mercy, 199

Sarah, 199

William, 199
Caldwell, Charles Tufts, 253
Calkins ) AU 1
Colkins \ Absalom, 19

Amos, 19
Anna, 19
Asa, 19
Daniel, 19
Elijah, 19
Elisha, 19
Elizabeth. 18, 19
Eunice, 19
Hannah, 19
Jemima, 19
Jonathan, 18
Lucy 18, 19
Matthew, 19
Mercv, 19
Phebe, 19

Calkins

Colkins ^ Rebecca, 19

confd j

Sarah, 18, 19

Seabury, 19

Stephen, 17-19

Turner, 19

William, 19

Zurviah, 19
Call, John, 137

CAL^ Catherine ' lS2

Stephen, 182
Canedy, see Kanady
Carter, Thomas, 133

Walter Steuben, 50, 52
Carver, Eleazer, 71

Elizabeth, 125, 126

Hannah, 113

John, 89, 101, 102, 113, 125. 162,
163

Josiah, 126

Katherine, 71

Mary, 113

Robert, 113

William, 125, 126
Casteele, John, 170
Castle, William H., 58
Chamberlin, mrs. Emma B., 51, 52
Chany, mrs. William H., 51
Chapman, Abigail, 120

Hannah, 120

Isaac, 120, 121

James, 120

John, 120

Lydia, 120

Ralph, 121

Rebecca, 120, 121
Chappel, John, 149, 237
Charles, king, 135
Chase, Desire, 31

Ellen, 55
Chatfield, mrs. Albert H., 59
Chauncy, Charles, 85
Cheney, Charles Edward, 58
Childs, Ebenezer, 120

Elizabeth, 120

Hannah, 120

James, 120

Joseph, 120

Mercy, 120

Richard, 120

Samuel, 120

Thankful, 120

Thomas, 120

Timothy, 120
Chilton, James, 44, 45» 57. 62,
191

Mary, 1, 44, 57, *9i
Chipman, Abigail, 121

Barnabas, 121

Bethiah, 121

Desire, 121

Index of Persons.

261

CHIPMANl

com rd ) '

Hope, 121

Jacob, 121

John, 121, 153

Joseph, 121

Lydia, 121

Mercy, 121

Ruth, 120, 121

Samuel, 121

Sarah, 121

Seth, 121

Thomas, 121
Chittenden, mrs. W. J., 60
Church, Benjamin, 23. 29

Elizabeth, 152

Joseph, 113

Judith, 113

Richard, 152, 256

Sarah, 113
Churchill, John, 234

Sarah, 73
Claflin, mrs. Price Colby, 253
Claghorn, Abiah, 121

Benjamin, 122

Ebenezer, 122

Elizabeth, 121

James, 121, 122

Jane, 122

Joseph, 122

Mary, 121, 122, 224

Nathaniel, 122

Robert, 121, 122

Samuel, 122

Sarah, 121

Shubael, 121, 122

Thankful, 122

Thomas, 122

^[Antoinette, 189

• Arthur W., 189

Chanty, 120

Edward Eugene, 252

Elizabeth, 120

Increase, 120

John, 120

Thomas, 120
Clark } . , . .,
Clarke (Abigail, 114

Andrew, 245, 249
mrs. C Peter, 55
Charles, 248
Charles A., 62
Edward Lord, 52, 55
Elizabeth, 249
Frances, 248
Isaac, 24S
James, 114
John, 114, 221, 248
lieutenant, 249
Mary, 221
Meh'itable, 249
Roland, 245

Clark }

Clarke > Sarah, 245

cont'd )

Seth, 247

Susanna, 114, 246

Thankful, 246

Thurston, 95

Thomas, 95, 234, 245-24S

Tristram, 95

William, 23, 28
Cleaveland )
Cleavland > doctor, 235
Clevland )

Moses, 237
Cleverly, John, 206

Clew, , 135

Cluffe, Richard, 95

g°fJEHsha,ui

Gershom, 69, 112

Hannah, 112, 223

Hurst, 112

Jabez, 112

James, 69, 71, 112

Joanna, 75, 112

John, 73, 75, 112, 160, 161

Joseph, 69

Lemuel, 112

Lydia, 111, 112

Martha, 112, 165

Mary, 73

Melatiah, 69, 112

Patience, 70, 112

Rachel, 73, 160, 161

Sarah, 121

Sylvanus, 112

Thankful, 69, 71
Cochrane, mrs. Alexander, 189
Coe, mrs. Henry T., 57
CoiT, sergeant, '149
Colbron, Henry, 2
Cole, Elisha, 229

Hannah, 207

Israel, 248

James, 158, 193, 195, 196, 207

Martha, 207, 245

Ruth, 142, 207

Samuel, 207

William, 229
Coleman, Ebenezer, 221

Edward, 221

James, 221

John, 221

Martha, 221

Patience, 221

Thankful, 221
Collier ]
Collyer l c , , «
Collyar [Sarah, 128

COLLYARE J

William, 82, 186, 187

262

Index of Persons,

Ann, in

Collins )

Collens > Asuba, 200

cont'd )

Benajah, 199

Cyrenius, 200

Enoch, 200

Eunice, 199, 200

Hannah. 199

Joseph, 199

Reuben, 200

Ruth, 199

Solomon, 199, 200

Stephen, 199
Columbus, Christopher, 102

ComSkk I ser S eant > W 234, ?3$, 237

Jerusha, 63

Joseph, 68

Josiah, 6S

Mary, 6S, 73

Prudence, 63

Susanna, 63
Cooke )
Cook (

Bethiah, 181

Caleb, nr, 167

Charles S., 12S

Elizabeth, in, 179, 1S1, 193

Francis, 22, 45, 47, 56, 57, 59, 62,
94, 97, 114", 1 28, 150, 165, 1S6,
187, 190-193. 239. 252, 253"

Hester, 128, 165, 192, 239

Jacob, 114, 118, 119, 193

James, in

Jane, in, 150

John, 95, 97, in, 129, 130,
187, 191, 192, 252

Joseph, in

Josiah, 179, 181

Mary, 22, in

Mercy, 111

Miriam, 181
Coombs
Coomes

COOMBE

Combe

Come

Copeland, Mary, 204

Cornelius, Lawrence, 84

Cotton, John, 9, 165-167, 193-196,

212, 213
Covill }
Covil > Elizabeth

COVEL )

John, 199

Joseph, 19S

Lydia, 193

Thankful, 199
Cowing, Elizabeth, 251
Cox, Hannah, 72

John, 72

186,

" J° lin > 95-97

199

Crackston, John, 1S6

Crandon, Edwin S., 45, 62, izS, 190

John Howland, 1S9
Crane, Warren C, 51
Crapo-Smith, mrs. H. H. H., 60
Croade, Deborah, 126

John, 126
Crocker, Abel, 120

mrs. Adams, 56

Benoni, 120, 221

Bethiah, 120

Daniel, 120

Eleazer, 120

Elizabeth, 120

mrs. George Herbert, 56

Jabez, 221

Nathan, 120, 221

Rebecca, 120

Ruth, 120

Sarah, 120

Sarah H., 55, 189

Theophilus, 120

William, 154, 156
Cromwell, Oliver, 107
Crooker, Francis, 163

Crosby
Crosses

Crosbie L

Crosbe r > 2 &

Croby
Corby

Abiah, 249

Abial, 176

Abigail, 24S

Anne, 31

Daniel, 246

David, 176, 247

Ebenezer, 31, 176, 247

Edward, 247

Eliezer, 31, 20S, 209

Hannah, 176, 245, 246

Increase, 31, 24S

Isaac, 209

John, 31, 176, 245, 247, 24S

Jonathan, 176, 247

Joseph, 30, 246

Joshua, 176, 248

Josiah, 246

Keziah, 208

Lydia, 246

Mary, 209, 245

Mercy, 31, 176, 246

Moses, 24S

Patience, 208, 209

Phebe, 20S

Rebecca, 20S

Sarah, 30, 209, 245, 246

Simon, 30, 244-248

Sylvanus, 20S

Thankful, 176

Thomas, 30, 31, 176, 244, 246-249

William, 31

Index of Persons.

263

Crowell )

C rowel ? Anne, 199, 201

Crowil )

Bathshua, 121

Benjamin, 121

Edward, 121

Jonathan, 199, 201

Joseph, 121

Mary, 121

Paul, 201

Rebecca, 201

Samuel, 199, 201

Yelverton, 121
Curtis )
Curtice > Elizabeth, no

CORTIS )

Frances, no

Hannah, no

mrs. Henry M., 59

mrs. Isaac, 44

John, no

Jonathan, 21

Joshua, 20

Molly, 21

Pheb'e, 20
Cushing, John, 16
Cuskman > ,, . ...
CobfiBMA }AbiB«». ."i

Charles Livingston, 60

mrs. Charles Livingston, 60

Daniel, 44, 57, 127

Eleazer, 39-41

Elkanah, 39, 41

Fear, 21

Hannah, lit

Isaac, 39-42, 16?, 167, 240, 241

Jonathan, m

Joshua, in

Lydia, 39-41

Mary, 22, 37-42

Persis, in

Robert, in

Ruth, in

Sarah, 39-41

Thomas, 35-42, 95, ico, 101, nr,
130, 214, 215

CUTEERT i

Cudeerte > Godbert, 94, 96, 136

GoDBERTSON )

Samuel, 129, 130, 136, 186, 18S
Sarah, 94, 136

DANFORTH, Jonathan, 134

Thoma?, 140
Daniels, John A., 57

Maria S., 57, 189
Darling, Jemima, 7r

John, 71, 72

Margaret, 71
Dary, George A., 127, 189, 251
Davidson, William, 102
Davie, — -, 137
Davis, Abigail, 224

l*™\ Andrew, 2 «

Ann, 223

Anna, 223

Bathsheba, 224

Benjamin, 223, 224

Daniel, 223, 224

Deborah, 222

Doler, 223

Ebenezer, 224

Edward, 225

mrs. Edward Livingstone, 127, 191

Elizabeth, 222

Experience, 224

Frederick Gale, 253

Gershom, 223

Hannah, 222-224

Howl and, 50, 52

Isaac, 222, 224

Jabez, 222-224

Jacob, 224

James, 223, 224

Job, 224

John, 222-224

Jonathan, 223

Joseph, 223, 224

Josiah, 222, 223, 225

Katharine Kendall, 190

Lydia, 223

Mary, 222-225

Mehitable, 225

Mercy, 224

Nathan, 222, 224

Nathaniel, 224

Nicholas, 224

Noah, 224

Remember Mercy, 224

Robert, 222-224

Ruth, 223, 224

Samuel, 223, 224

Sarah, 222, 223

Seth, 223

Shobal, 223, 224

Simon, 223, 224

Stephen, 223. 224

Thankful, 224

Thomas, 223

William T., 51, 52
Dawes, Thomas, 243
Deacon, John, 95

Deane I mrs ' Marvin AnssI > 2 53

Miriam, 180, 181
Deitz, Lewis, 51
Delano )

Delanoy > Benjamin, 159
Deleno )

Joshua, 44

Philip, 186, 1S7

Thomas, 159, 256
Dent, mrs. John C, 253
De Rasiere, Isaac, 103
Derey, John, 170

264

Index of Persons.

ft™/ l Richard, 96

De Wolf, Almon, iS

Austin, 17, iS

Edwin A., iS, 1S9, 192

Elisha, iS

Elvira, 18

Frances Ophelia (Oviatt), iS

John Oviatt, 17

Lucy, 18

Lydia, iS

Simon, 18
Dexter, Abigail, 224

Anna, 224

Benjamin, 223

Content, 224

Cornelius, 224

Henry M., 102, 106, 10S

James, 223

John, 223

Mary, 223, 224

Mercy, 224

Miriam, 224

Morton, 55

Philip, 223

Sarah, 223, 224

Stephen, 223, 224

Thomas, 170, 223

William, 223

DlCCASON, , I49

Dillingham ) a k;^;i t -,<?

DlLINGHAM } Abigail, I 7 o

Elizabeth, 17S

Edward, 17S

Hannah, 178

Isaac, 17S

John, 17S

Lydia, 17S

Rebecca, 178

Sarah, 178

Thankful!, 178

DlMMOCK ) ., • .,

DIMOCK J Abigail, 223

Anna, 222
Benjamin, 221
Bethiah, 222
David, 222
Desire, 221
Ebenezer, 222
Edward, 221
Elizabeth, 221, 222
Ensign, 222
Ichabod, 222
Joanna, 221, 222
John, 221
Joseph, 221, 222
Lydia, 222
Mary, 222
Mehitable, 221, 222
Pharaoh, 222
Samuel, 222
Sarah, 222
Shobal, 221, 222

Dimmock )

Dimock > Tabitha, 222

cont'd )

Temperance, 221

Thankful, 221, 222

Theophiius, 222

Thomas, 221, 222

Timothy, 221, 222
Dingley, Abigail, 126

Elizabech, 126

Jacob, 126
Dixon, mrs. George Dallas, 252

DOANE )

Doan > Dorcas, 201
Done )

Hannah, 201

Ida F., 51, 59

John, 94, 118, 22S, 231

Joseph, 31, 1S2, 198, 201

justice, 185

Marguerite T., 51

Ruth, 140, 201

William Howard, 51, 52, 59
Doggett I », „(■

DOGETT P° hn > 126

Mary, 125

Mehitable, 126

Samuel, 125
Donaghe, mrs. William Rice, 252
Donnell, William Cushing, 60, 189
Doty ]

DOTEN J

Edward, 45, 59, 62, 65, 95, 96, 171,
1S6, i8Sfi93, 233, 253, 256

Elizabeth, 112, 193, 195, 196

John, 65-67, 172, 193. -5 6

Mary, 233, 234

Paul A. L., 60

Thomas, 112, 233
Douce \ -^
Dowce \ Francis ' 2 ^

Lawrence, 140

•pv ' \ mrs * Charles Thompson, 191

Frances W. B., 51

Myron Day, 253
Drew, Elizabeth, 20, 114

Ezra, 20

Hannah, 113

James, 113, 114

Jemima, 20

Lucy, 21

Lydia, 114

Mary, 113, 114

Priscilla, 114

Sarah, 113

Thomas, 21

Thomas Bradford, 47

William, 113

Druillette, , 13

Dun, Dorothy, 222

Index of Persons.

265

fo V Jw [Experience, 222

John, 222
Dunbar, Benjamin, 21

Hannah, 21

Joseph, 21

Ruth, 21

Benjamin, 223

Charles A., 1S9

Desire, 223

Ebenezer, 69, 71, 223

Elisha, 223

Elizabeth, 69, no

John, 186, 187, 213, 223

Joseph, no

Joshua, no

Lemuel, 69

Mary, 223

Mercy, 223

Mica j ah, no

Sylvester C, 51

Thomas, 223
Dunkin, Bethiah, 112

Jabez, 112

Samuel, 112
Dunster, Isaiah, 242

Durkee, lieutenant, 237

D wight, George Edmund, 1S9

%™\ Ebenezer, »j

Hannah, 32
Henry, 225
Isabel, 225
Jonathan, 225
Judah, 225
Lydia, 225
Mary, 224
Samuel, 225
William, 32, 224, 225

Eames, Anthony, 125, 126

Hannah, 125

John, 125

Jonathan, 125

Mark, 163

Mercy, 125, 126
Eaton, Francis, 45, 56, 57, 62, 186

Samuel, 56, 57, 74, 188, 233
Edwards, Edward, 96, 97

Jonathan. ic6
Eggleston, Percy Coe, 51
Eldridge 1

Eldrige ^ Bethiah)l8 -
Eldredg j 3

Eldreadg J

Ebenezer, 229

Edward, 183

Elisha, 229, 230

Elizabeth, 183

Eldridge

Eldrige

Eldredg \- Jehoshaphat, 183

Eldreadg |

cont'd j

Mulford, 211
Elizabeth, queen, 4

mrs. George F., 253
John, 216

mrs. Frank R., 59

Joel, 114

John, 114
Elmes, Katherine, 71

Mary, 70
Ely, mrs. Henry Oliver, 191

John Hugh, 59

Rheumah, 64
Emerson, mrs. J. E., 60
Ensigne, Thomas, S5, 86
Everson, Eunice, 21

Levi, 21

Penelope, 71

Richard, 71
Ewer, Benjamin, 225

Elizabeth, 225

Hezekiah, 225

John, 225

Jonathan, 225

Joseph, 225

Mehitable, 225

Nathaniel, 225

Rebecca, 225

Shobal, 225

Thankful, 225

Thomas, 225

Fahnestock, James Frederick, 253
Fairbanks, Henry Nathaniel, 60

mrs. Henry Nathaniel, 60

Nora Lucy, 60
Fairfax, mrs. Lindsay, 192
Fallowell, Gabriel, 213
Farnum i.u-.«i »i
FFARNUM f Mar >' ^

Farwell, Henry, 137

mrs. Walter M., 55
Fash, lieutenant, 14S

FAUNCE ) *.w_-;i ,,„

James, 22
Jane, 113

John, 113, 186, 187
Joseph, 72
Martha, 72
Mary, 22
Mercy, 113
Nathaniel, 113
Patience, 113
Priscilla, 14

266

Index of Persons.

Faunce )

ffaunce > Thomas, 16, 17, 29, 40, 42

cont'd )

SSS.J'tiS 17 * *■*■«•

cont'd ) 2 ^ 2 W

125, 195, 19s

justice, 185

Faxon, Molly, 21

Mary, 175

™H ian '=3.=9

Mercy, 175, 249
Nathaniel, 31, 33, 210, 211

Felton, sergeant, 237

Phebe, 175,^249

Field, Kate G., 189

Rebecca, 245

Finney )

Sarah, 175, 249

Phinney > Elizabeth, 222

Thankful, 175, 249

Phinny )

Thomas, ^ 2 44> 2 49

Robert, 214, 217

French, Solon Tenney, 59

JE£}w«M.-.s.

Friend, mrs. William H., 189

Frothingham, Richard, 134

Fisher, mrs. Charles H., 51, 189
Fitch, Alice, 145

%£S*\ Ahi ^" 6

captain, 234

Anne, 226

Elisha, 149

Barnabas, 226

Jabez, 148, 234, 23S

Benjamin, 226, 227

Fittsrandle, Edward, 225

Bethiah, 225, 226

Hannah, 225

Bridget, 35

Hope, 225

Content, 226

Isaac, 225

Cornelius, 226

John, 225

David, 226

Joseph, 225

Ebenezer, 226

Mary, 225

• Edward, 45, 58, 62, 127, 190, 191,

Nathaniel, 225

252

Thomas, 225

mrs. Edward M., 60

SjgSUc-tafa**

Elinor, 68
Elizabeth, 226

Fletcher, Daniel, 137, 138

Hannah, 71, 226, 227

1™™A R^hard, 2

FFLOYDE ) '

Isaac, 226
Jabez, 226

Forbes, Henry D., 55

Jane, 226

Samuel B., 1S9

James, 227

Ford )

John, 71, 225-227

fford > Bethiah, 125

Jonathan, 6S, 226

Foord )

Joseph, 226

Deborah, 125

Josiah, 226, 238

John, 57

Linus E., 51

Michael, 125

Lois, 226

Foster, Benjamin, 226

Lydia, 222

Chillingsworth, 247-249

Mary, 226

F. Apthorp, 55

Mary Goddard, 127

Freeman, 44

Matthew, 226

James, 247

Mercy, 72, 226

Joseph, 226

Nathaniel, 226, 240

Mary, 248

Patience, 226

Nathan, 249

Rebecca, 226

sergeant, 149

Reliance, 225

Thomas, 248

Remember, 226

Foxwell, Martha, 225

Samuel, 39, 45. 56-5S, 62, 127, 191

Mary, 225

226, 252, 256

Richard, 225

Sarah, 226, 240

Ruth, 225

Seth, 226, 240

Freedley, mrs. A. T., 62

Shirley, 60

Freeman \

ffreeman ) ' ~*

Temperance, 227

Thankful, 225-227

Bathsheba, 33 ,

Thomas, 226

Ebenezer, 228, 229

Timothy, 68

Edmund, 35

Young, 226

Elkanah, 175

Fyfe, mrs. R. H., 60

Index of Persons.

267

Gallop, captain, 149, 237
Gaylokd, mrs. John F., 51
Gayvvard, Anna, 70

Francis, 70
Geer, Ellen, 254
Giebs, , S8

mrs. E. B., 60

Elizabeth, 113

Job, 113

Judith, 113

Thomas, 170
GlFFORD )

Gifferd > Jeremiah, 240
Giffered ;

Mary, 240

Sidney B., 1S9
Giles, sergeant, 149
Gilkey, mrs. Alphonso Livingston, 56

GlNNES, , I4S

GODBERTSON, See CUTBERT

Godfrey

Godfree

Godfrie ^-Bethiah, 1S5

GodfrAie '

Godfray

Elizabeth, 30, 1S5

Eunice, 1S2

George, 30, 1S5

Hannah, 30

Jonathan, 30

Josiah, 182

Lincoln, 253

Mary, 30

Mercy, 1S5

Moses, 30

Richard, ^o

Ruth, 30

Samuel, 30

Thomas, 185
Goodhue, Harry, 126
Goodrich, William Winton, 57
Goodspeed, Elizabeth, 120

Joseph H., 55, 254
Nathaniel, 120

Ruth, 224
Gordon, , 14S

Go P.HAM ]

Goram j

Gorom J- Charles Miner, 191

Gorum j

GORUME J

Desire, 153, 154, 157, 217, 220

Elizabeth, 220

Hannah, 15S, 220

Jabez, 158, 220

James, 153, 154, 157,158, 217, 220

John, 153, 154, 156-153. 217, 220

Joseph, 157, 158, 220

justice, 221

Lydia, 1 58, 220

Mercv, 1 ;S, 220

Shubael/158, 220

Temperance, 220

Thankful, 225

Gray ) A ,

Grey \ Andrew > 2 °9> ^7

Anna, 209, 247, 249

Elisha, 209, 24S

John, 167, 209, 245-249

Joshua, 2C9, 249

Lydia, 245

Mfehitable, 209, 246

Samuel, 245

Sarah, 126, 246

Susanna, 209, 245, 246
Green { T „„ ■. T „^
Greene \ J acob > x 3°

John, 132, 133

John Richard, 5

Marshall VY\, 51, 52

Richard, 90

mrs. R. H., 51

Richard Henry, 50, 52-54, 57

Gregory, , 105-107

Gridley, mrs. Nelson C., 59

Griffis, , 103

Griffith )

Grifith > Abraham, 177

Grifeth )

Barnabas, 177, 248

Joseph, 177, 248

Lazarus, 177, 248

Rebecca, 177, 248

Stephen, 177, 24S, 249

Thankful, 177
Grinnell, William Milne, 50
Groesbeck, Herman J., 59
Groose, Thomas, 22S
Grozier, Joshua Freeman, 253

Hacket, Edward, 74

George,. 73

Hannah, 74

John, 75

Lydia, 73

Mercy, 71

Thankful, 75

Hackstaff, , 64

Hale, mrs. George S., 189
Hall, Edmund, 182

mrs. Henry Sewall, 253

James M. W., 55, 56

mrs. Nathaniel B., 44

Samuel, 249

Zipporah, 182
Hallett ) At ,j„ ot ^ ,.„

HALLOTTf^^' 1 ^ 7

Joseph, 157
Hamdin, , 92

Hamilton }
Hamelton I
Hammeltun }-Bethiah, 184
Hamultun
Hamulltun

Daniel, 30

Delilah, 200

Grace, 200

Jane, 200

263

Index of Persons.

\ Lydia, 200

Hamilton*
Hamelton
; Hammeltun
,Hamultun
; Hamulltun
\cont'd

Mary, iS2,~iS4

Mehitable, 1S4

Michael, 1S4

Nathaniel, 200

Rebecca, 200

Samuel, 1S4

Sarah, 30, 1S4

Thomas, 200

Zeruiah, 200
Hamlin )

Hamblin > Abigail, 221
Hamblen )

Benjamin, 229

Eliezer, 177, 229-232

Elisha, 177, 229

Elkanah, 221

John, 221

Lydia, 177

Mary, 224

Patience, 221

Rachel, 221

Reuben, 221

SylvanuSj 221

Tabitha, 221
Hammond, Benjamin, 154

mrs. William P., 189
Hanbury / c „ nm

Hanberry \ ' b2 ' 97

Harden, lieutenant, 237
Harding, Abiah, 142

Bethiah, iSi

Desire, 182

Hannah, 182

Joseph, 1S1, 182

Mary, 185

Rebecca, 142
Harlow, Arthur,

Lydia, 39-41

Submit, 20

William, 234
Harper, mrs. Corwin Dewey, 60
Hart, Albert Bushnell, 55

mrs. Donald Purple, 127
Haskell }

Hascol > John, 248, 256
Harskall )

Josiah, 71

Sarah, 71
Haskins, Charles Waldo, 57
Hatch, Samuel, 172
Hathaway, Hannah, 21
Hatherley, Timothy, 85, 86, 109, no
Hawks )

Hauks > Edward C, 62
Hoaks )

James Dudley, 60, 62

Sarah, 39-41

HAWXH1.TR ST, , 64

Hawes, John, 220

Ebenezer, 70

Jacob, 67

James, 70

John, 67

Lydia, 67, 73

Mary, 70

Samuel, 21, 67
Hayman, John, 135
Hayward I Hinti , Tr . T
Haward [ Hannah > W

John, 151, 152

Sarah, 151

Thomas, 151, 152
Hedge, Elisha, 158
Heil, Charles E., 46
Herd, Ebenezer, 182

Elizabeth, 182

Joanna, 33

Robert, 186

Samuel, 188
Higgins, mrs. Frank Albert, 56

Hannah, 142

John, 142

Phebe, 211
Higginson, Francis, 5
Hill, Edwin A., 50, 51

John, 82

John Fremont, 55, 60, 189

Thomas, 97
Hinckley
Hinckely

Hyncklie
Hynkley J

Joshua, 24S

Mary, 208

Reliance, 208, 249

Samuel, 20S, 248, 249

Seth, 20-8, 248

Shubael, 208, 248

Thomas, 153, 220, 24S
Hoadly, mrs. George, Jr., 59
Hoar, George F., 13
Hodge, Mary Russell, 51
Hodges, George, 55
Holden, L. Emery, 51, 52, 192
Holley, Mary, 225
Hollingsworth, Jane, 12S

Richard, 128
Holman, Edward, 1S6, iSS

George Ulysses Grant, 252

SSf }**-*».*

Desire, 173, 174
Elisha, no
Elizabeth, 20, no

Index of Persons.

269

Holmes

Holme } Elnathan, no

cont'd

Eunice, 20

Israel, 171, 173

Jabez, no

John, no, 125

Joseph, no

Lydia, 21, 72

Mary, 125

Mercy, no

Nathaniel, no

Oliver, 21

Peleg, 20

Rebecca, no

Samuel, 125

Sarah, 20, no

Susanna, no
Hooper, John, 2

Hopkins \

Hopkens \ ' ~ 47

Abigail, 142

Benjamin, 237

Bethiah, 17S

Caleb, 114-117

Charles Augustus, 55, 126, 189

Charles Harris, 253

Constance, 58, 59

Damaris, 114, 115

David, 17S

Deborah, 114, 115, 193

Desire, 176

Ebenezer, 246

Elisha, 200

Elizabeth, 1 14-119, 17S

Elkanah, 245

Experience, 200

Franklin Whetstone, 5S

mrs. F. \V., 51

Gyles, 56, 116, 119, 253

Hannah, 176, 249

Howard F., 251

James, 179

Jeremiah, 178

John, 176

Judah, 176

Lydia, 207, 24S

Martha, 176

Mary, 200

Mercy, 176, 17S, 179

Moses, 207, 24S

Nathan, 207

Nathaniel, 17S, 179

Phebe, 24S

Rebecca, 176

Reliance, 207, 249

Richard, 207, 24S

Reuben, 179

Ruth, n 4-1 1 7

Samuel, 176, 179, 207, 24S. 249

Sarah, 207

Stephen, 45' S^S9, G2, 94, 114,
115, 117, 127, 12S, 17G, 191, 193,
245, 246, 24.3, 249, 252-254, 256

Hopkins )

Hopkens > Susanna, 207

cont'd )

Sylvanus, 176

Theodosius, 207

Thomas, 246
Hoscott, Samuel, 23S
Hoskins, William, 95, 124
Howard, Chauncey Otis, 253

ensign, 23$

Harry M., 1S9

Harry Stinson, 59

Samuel, 133
Howes, David, 200

Hannah, 1S2

Rebecca, 200, 201

Richard, 201

Thomas, 200, 201
Howland, Abigail, in

Consider, 112

Desire, 74, 153, 217

Elizabeth, III, 112, 217

Experience, 112

Frances, 74

Hannah, 70, ill, 112

Henry E., 51. 53

Isaac, 256

Jabez, 256

James, in

Joanna, 112

John, 44, 45, 56-59, 62, 97, in,
127, 12S, 153, 1S6, 1S7, 190, 191,
214, 216, 217, 252, 253, 256

Joseph, 112, 256

Mary, in

Nathan, 74

Thankful, in

Thomas, 112

Walter Morton, J2, 5S

mrs. Walter Morton, 5S
Hubbell, Anne Law, 51
Huckens, Thomas, 153
Huling, Ray Greene, 55
Hunt, Christian, 128

Mary, 145

Samuel, 99, 10c
Huntington, mrs. Jacob R., 1S9
Hurst, James, 186, 187
Hutchinson }„ nT , f • TOI TP <?

HUTCHENSON} Ca P tam ' 101 ' X S 8

Mary, 39
Hyde, James Nevins, 58
William Waldo, 51-53

Inglee, Deborah, y^

Jonathan, 73
Irish, John, 23
Ives, Marie E., 57

Jackson, Abraham, 234

Deborah, 20

sergeant, 14S, 234
Jacob, John, 131

2^0

Index of Persons.

James, D. Melancthon, 52
king, 4, 5. *3> io 5> ^34

Jenney I

Jeney [Herbert, 51,59, 189

JeningsJ

John, 95

Sarah, 1S6, 1S7
Johnson, Alfred S., 51

Bascom, 253

Flora Louise Priscilla, 253

James Gibson, 51, 52

John, 149

Thomas, 170

Zachariah, 135
Johnston, mrs. Robert James, 252
Jones, Charles D., 59

Emma C. B., 12S

Frances L'H., 59

mrs. Frank J., 59

Jabez, 148

John, 162, 163

Joseph Davis, 44

Samuel P'osdick, 192
Joyce, Walter, 172

Kanady 1 -n.,. « .v

KANNAD Y } EIlZabeth '7I

Sarah, 71
Karr, mrs. William W., 62
Keely, mrs. Thomas E., 44
Keith, mrs. Ira Bliss, 56
Kellog, Joseph, 14S
Kelton, D wight H., 56

William, 75, S2
Kempton ) , r , Q £. o

Kemton J^nasseh, 1S6, 187

Kendall, Henry Myron, 59
Kendrick ( T7,-' 1 -t.
Kindrick \ E^abeth, 202

Solomon, 202
Kennady, John, 148
King, Abigail, 177

Bathsheba, 245-247

Bathshua, 17S

Caleb, 68

Ebenezer, 17S

Edward, 189

George, 69

Hannah, 72

Ichabod, 68, 69

John, 178, 245-248

Joseph, 24, 2;, 27

Judith, 68, 69

Mary, 178

Mercy, 178, 248

Nathaniel, 245, 246

Samuel, 178

Stephen, 177

Thankful, 68

Knapp, mrs. Frederick N., 5r
Kneeland, Adele, 191
Knowles )

Knowls > Apphia, 142
Knowels )

Cornelius, 1S3

Edward, 142

James, 182

John, 142

Martha, 182, 1S3

Mercy, 182, 1S5

Rebecca, 142, 1S3

Richard, 1S2, 1S3
Kuhn, mrs. Oscar William, 19 1
Kyle, mrs. William S. f 51, 189, 190

Ladue, mrs. Austin Yates, 60
Langley, — — , 23S
Lapham, mrs. Samuel, 62
Lathrop ]
Lothrop I
Laythorp [ ' ^

Laythorpe J

Barnabas, 23, 28, 154, 156, 220

Elizabeth, 226

Joseph, 23, 2S, 1S1

Mary, 121

Tabitha, 222
Lawrence, Benjamin, 133

William Badger, 251

mrs. William Badger, 190

William M., 5S
Lawrie, mrs. William, 55, 189, 192
Lay, lord, 9
Lazell, Theodore S., 55

mrs. Theodore S., 56, 57
Leach, Anne, 72

Content, 73

Deborah, 20

Giles, 20

Josiah Granville, 51-53, 5S

Samuel, 73
Le Baron [ ,-. , . , ,^
Laearon \ Frederick N., 51

James, 6S

Martha, 68
Lechford, Thomas, no
Lee, , 97

Edward Clinton, 58
Lennig, Lucretia C, 51

Philip, 172

Rebecca, 120
Levett, Christopher, 90
Lewis ]

Luis J

Benjamin, 141
ensign, 236
George, 141
Joan, 141
Jemima, 71

Index of Persons.

271

Lewis ^

Lewes j

Leuies [-Nathaniel, 141

Luis

contd J

Rebecca, 141

Sarah, 141

Tabitha, 189

Thomas, 141
Libeie, Frederick James, 127
Lincoln ) *#-;«--—♦ <,<<*
Linckhorn \ Mar S aret > 2 4S

Mary, 246

Mercy, 248

Samuel, 247

Thankful, 249

Thomas, 246-249

Linnell )

Linn el >
Lynn el )

Arthur Ellsworth, 190

- Abiah, 121

Experience, 224

Hannah, 223
LiPPiNCOTT, Craige, 58
Litchfield, Wilford L, 127
Little, Amos R., 62

Anna, 161, 163, 164

Ephraim, 146, 162-164, 172-174, 212

Hannah, 164

Isaac, 162-164, 172

John Mason, 55

Mercy, 164

Patience, 164

Ruth, 164

Samuel, 126, 162-164

Sarah, 126

Thomas, 161-164
LOMRARD
LUMBARD
LUMBART
LUMBERT
LU M.BURT

Lumber

Caleb, 1S3

Deliverance, 183

Edward, 183

Elizabeth, 183, 221, 225

Isaac Gross, 59

Josiah Lewis, 50, 51, 53, ^4

Mary, 183
London, negro, 210, 211
Lord, , 149

Joseph, 182
Loring, Abigail, 21

Ignatius, 21

Thomas, 146, 147
Lothrop, see Lathrop-
Lovell )
Louell > Anna, 74

LOVEL )

Elizabeth, 225
James, 74, 131
John, 74
Mary, 74
Peter, 74

Lowell, James Russell, 4

Bethiah, 112

Elisha, 112

Joanna, 112

Mary, 112

Repentance, 112

Samuel, 112

Sarah, 112
Ludlow, George McMurtry, 59
Lunt, Cornelia Gray, 59
Luther, Martin, 107
Lyman, general, 148, 237, 238
Lyon, Asahel, 21

Fear, 21

Macdonough, Rodney, 52, 53, 55, 64,

Thomas, 64
•Mack, sergeant, 235
Mackfun, Joanna, 72

Robert, 72
Madill, mrs. Charles Grant, 127
Mahuren, David, 21

Ruth, 21
Maker, Abigail, 177

James, 177

Mary, 177
Manchester, W alter Howland, 192
Manning, mrs. H. C, 51
March, Thomas, 137
Marchant, Hannah, 1S9
Marsh, William Lowrey, 51, 53, 54
Marshall, John, 99, 100

mrs. John, 252
Mason, George Champlin, ;8

John, 8S
Matthews, Albert, 190
Maverick, Moses, 256
Mayo, , 247

Abigail, 140

Alice, 32

Bathsheba, 32, 33

Daniel, 229

Ebenezer, 32. 33

Elisha, 33, 229

Elizabeth, 32, y, 140, 177, 195, 196,
246

Hannah, 33, 142, 177

Henry, 30

James, 30

Jeremiah, 229

Joanna, 32

John, 30, 177, 195, 196

Mary, 29

Mercy, 33, 178

Nathaniel, 32, 33, 140

Robert, 33

Ruth, 140

Samuel, 229

Sarah, 30
McAdoo, Mary J. O., 1S9
McCartney, mrs. William H., 51

272

Index of Persons.

236

McCOLLESTER )
MACKHOLLESTER ) '

L. S., 60

McGlenen, Edward Webster, 190

McKay, mrs. James, 1S9

McKinlay, mrs. James M., 51

McLAURIN, John L., 57

MqMillan, mrs. John G., 253

Merrick ]

Merick

Mirrick }• Abigail, 2U

Myrick I

Marick J

Deborah, 207, 208

ensign, 246

Jabez, 20S

Jethro, 20S

Joshua, 208

Mercy, 140

Oliver, 20S

Ruth, 210

Samuel, 208

Simeon, 20S

Snow, 208

Stephen, 140, 207, 20S

Thomas, 20S

William, 244
Mighell, Thomas, 126
Millard, James Fitch, 59
Miller, Elias, 70

John, 154, 156, 220

Sarah, 70
Mills, William S to well, 5S
Mitchell )

Mitchel > Deborah, 73
Michell )

Edward, 151, 152

Experience, 83, 84, 150-152

Hannah, 151

Jacob, 162

James, 184

Jane, 150

John, 151, 152

Mary, 150, 151

Mercy, 184

Sarah, 151, 184, 185

Tabitha, 184

Thomas, 151

Timothy, 73

William, 1S4, 185
Mix, , 149

Amasa, 237
Mixter, Samuel Jason, 55

mrs. William, 189
More, Christian, 128

Jane, 128

Lydia, 18

Richard, 12S
Morison, mrs. John Holmes, 55
Morris, mrs. Seymour, 59

Mary, 73

Morse, Elizabeth, 73

Mary, 73
Morton, Bryant, 229

Deborah, 73

Ephraim, 16, 17, 100, 195, 19S, 214,

234

George, 186, 1S7, 193

John, 23, 28, 119, 193

Lettice, 193

Marcus, 55

Mary, 195

Nathaniel, 1, 92, 100, 212, 216

Thomas, 186, iSS
Moseley, mrs. Frank, 1S9
Mott, Henry Elliott, 57

Thomas, 211
Munro, Abigail, 21
Benjamin, 21
Lucy Josling, 21
Wilfred H., 55

Nash, Samuel, 154

Nason, Emma Huntington, 60

Nelson, Hannah, 71

John, 165

Lois, 73
Newell, , 135

John, 136
Newton, Charles H., 59

Clara Chipman, 59

Elvira, 18

N™sK- EdwardH - 191 ' 252
Randall, 135
Wiliard A., 189

Nickerson "

NlCKERSO

NlCKRSON

Nickeson ]■ Anna, 182

NlCKSON

NlCORSON

NlCHERSON

Ansel, 193

Barzillai, 199

Desire, 198

Ebenezer, 199, 209, 247

Edward, 247

Elkanah, 184

Hannah, 199

Jane, 183, 209

Jerusha, 199

Jonathan, 183, 199, 247

Judith, 183

lieutenant, 247

Lydia, 19S. 199

Mary, 33, 182, 19S, 209, 247

Mercy, 33, 247

Nathaniel, 247

Nicholas, 33

Osborn, 251

Prince, 199

Index of Persons.

273

Rebecca, 184

Nickerson '

NlCKERSO
NlCKRSON
NlCKESON
NlCKSON [

NlCORSON

NlCHERSON

cont'd

R. C, 251

Robert, 1S4

Shubael, 1S2

Simeon, 1S3

Thankful, 209, 247

Thomas, 1S3, 1S5, 19S, 199,

Paddock )

Paddok > James, 1S8

confd )

John, iSS

Mary, iSS, 1S9

Peter, iSS

Priscilla, 1S9, 247

Zachariah, iSS, 1S9, 246, 247
Paddy '

Pady

Paget,

Paine

William,

-37, 117, 130

247

William, 33. 199, 209, 247, 248
Nightingale, George C, 51
Noble, John, 56
Norris, Mary, 37
North, Charles J., 62, 192, 251

Daniel, 222

Hannah, 222

James, 222

John, 222

Ma™, 222

Winifred, 222
Norton, Peter, 72

Rozilla, 72
Noyes
Noyce

David W., 190

James Atkins, 190
Nye, Everett I., 210, 251

Ores } Josiah, 227-232

Ogden, captain, 23S
Oglesby, mrs. J. H., 51
ORTON, Thomas, 137
OSBORN ) c
OSBOURN'( SuSanna ' 20

mrs. William Henry, 252
Otis, Dorothy, 126

Joseph, 126
Oviatt, Frances Ophelia, 18
Oxford, negro, 237

Pabodie, Elizabeth, 65, 98
Martha, 9S

Priscilla, 65
William, 256
William II.,

, 106

PAIN 1 >**

Abigail, 31, 34

Barnabas, 32

Charles, 229

Cyrus F., 51

Dorcas, 209. 245

Ebenezer, 209

Elkanah, 31

ensign, 246, 247

Experience, 210, 24S

Hannah, 31-34, 209

Hugh, 31

Jonathan, 31, 209, 24S

Joseph, 209, 210, 244, 245, 248

Joshua, 32

Lois, 34

Lydia, 32
• Mary, 209, 247

Moses, 32

Nicholas, 33, 34
. Patience, 209, 210, 245

Phebe, 31, 32, 209, 245

Philip, 34

Priscilla, 23

Reliance, 209, 246

Richard, 209

Thankful, 33

Thomas, 31, 32, 209, 247
Palmer, Elizabeth, 74

Priscilla, 20

Sarah, 74

Thomas, 74

William, 1S6, 1S8

Zurishaddai, 74
Parke, Richard, 12S

Sarah, 12S
Parker, , 135

Packard, Abigail, 73
Anne, 72
Deborah, 73
Jonathan, 73
Samuel, 72

K?Hho„ y ,,8 9

Bethiah, iSS, 1S9
David, 189
Deborah, 188
Elizabeth, 1S8
Hannah, 189
Ichabod, 188

Edmund Southard,

Edward L., 190

Frederick Wesley, 50

justice, 222
Parlour, Abigail, 72

Deliverance, 71

Hannah, 72

Thomas, 72
Parris, Benjamin, 20

Sarah, 20
Parsons, Willis Ellis, 60
Partridge )

Partrich > , 81, 82

Partich )

Georce, o-

274

Index of Persons.

Pason, colonel, 239
Pearmain, Sumner Bass, 55

^ I Chanty, .S 9

Matthew, 1S9

Peck, , 236

Peirce, see Pierce

Percy, mrs. George W.j 190

Perkins, — — , 214

Charles Brooks, 127, 252
mrs. Charles Brooks, 127, 191
George Batcheller, 127, 191

Perry, Mary J., 52
James, 13S
John B., 52

Peterson, John, 172

g££, }*.]—. .73

Eleazer, 136
John, 172
Phinney, see Finney

Solomon, 137
William, 196
Pichon, Hiram Leander, 60

Jonathan, 63

Naomi, 65

Thomas, 6S
Pitkin, mrs. Albert H., 51
Plimpton, Frances A., 190

mrs. Henry R., 190
Plummer I a __ ~q t ,q
Plumer J Ann, 9 S, 12S

sergeant, 235
Pond, V. C, 190

Poole, John, 234
Porter, mrs. Burr, 55, 12S

mrs. Henry Hobart, 127

Powicke, , 106

Pratt 1
Prat !
Pratte [
Prate J

Aaron, 13S

Anna, 138

Daniel, 138

Dorcas, 137

Esther, 240

Hannah, 73

John, 64, 73, 138

Joseph, 133, 137-139

Joshua, 93, 96, 1S6, 1S7, 240

Mary, 64, 94, 95, 132, 136-140

Mercy, 138

Peter, 13S

Phineas, 64, 87-98, 129-139

Samuel, 138

Sarah, 240
Prence ) Thomas, 35, 82, S6, 94, 96, 97,
Prince f 118, 119, 129, 130, 185, 216,
251, 256

Price, Margaret, 27
Mary, 165

Pride, , 150

Priest, Degory, 45, 62, 64, 94, 136

Prince, see also Prence

John, 85

Mercy (Hinckley), 127

Samuel, 73

Thomas, I
PUMMERY, , I4S, I49, 234, 235

Purmort, mrs. Henry C, 59

PUTMON, ,I4S

IS™] J** '34. 135

mrs. George H., 190

Rainey, Samuel Mitchell, 59
Ralf, David, 1S2

Katrina, 1S2
Randal, Rozilla, 72
Rawlins, Thomas, 8^
Ray, Elizabeth, 199
Raymond ) r-,.,, ., „.
Rayment \ E1 ^ abeth ' 70

mrs. Henry E., 190

Ithamar, 70

James, 70

Joshua, 70

Martha, 71

Maybelle, 253

Mercy, 70

g^j Axel Hayford, 253

Esther, 22, 24

James, 74

Mary, 74

mrs. Sylvanus, 51

William, 22, 27

William Howell, 127
Remich, Daniel C, 190
Remick, mrs. John A., 51, 55
Reyner, John, 212, 215

Dorothy, 69

Elizabeth, 69

Hannah, 72

Isaac, 69

Mary, 69
Rhodes, James Mauran, 52, 53, 128
Rice, mrs. John M., 190
Rich, Anne, 34

Huldah, 34

John, 228, 229, 231. 232

Joseph, 34

Obadiah, 34

Priscilla, 34

Rebecca, 34

Richard, 34

Index of Persons.

275

25 J*** 34

Sylvanus, 34

Zaccheus, 34, 211
Richards, George Brinckerhoff, 253

Jeremiah, 52

Lysander S., 190
Richardson, George E., 190

mrs. George E., 190
Richmond, Henry A., 191

John, 69

Sarah, 69
Rickard \ T . ..
Ricket father, 100

James, 114

John, 114

Sarah, 114
Rider, see also Ryder

Bethiah, 200

John, 200

Mehitable, 200

Simeon, 200

Zenas, 200
Ridley, — —, 30

Mar}*, 30

R™c F jAndrew, 118,110-, 193-19S

Deborah, 193, 195
Eliezer, 194-196
Elizabeth, 195, 196
Lettice, 193
Mary, 195
Susanna, 195
William, 194-198

||£ff Hannah, 21, 73,145

William, 73
Rivers, Mary, 190
Rob bins ) r .
Robins \ Desire > 3*

■Nicholas, 82

Samuel, 31
Robinson, John, 6-12, 101, 106-10S,

126, 189
Rodgers, see Rogers
RoEkling, mrs. Washington A., 56
Rogers \ __ Rq
Rodgeks ( ' ° 5

Benjamin, 175

Ebenezer, 175

Elizabeth, 182

John, 06, 126, 146, 175, 256

Jonathan, 175

Joseph, 95, 175

Judah, 175, 208

Mary, 20S

Moses, 1S2

Patience, 20S

Priscilla, 175

Sarah, 175

Thankful, 175

Thomas, 45, 57, 58, 62, 191, 253
Rowley, H. Curtis, 190

Warren C., 190

Rudd, , 149

Edward Huntting, 55, 56
Rumhigin, indian, SS
Runk, Louis Barcroft, 58
Russell, , 224, 225"

Alfred, 60

mrs. Alfred, 60
Ryder, see also Rider

mrs. Godfrey, 127

Salmon, Stephen D., 128, 190
Samson )

Sampson > Abraham, 159
Samso )

Ann, 98, 99, 128

Henry, 45, 57, 6o, 62, 98, 99, 127,
128, 186, 187

Martha, 70

Mar^*, 70

Obadiah, 70

Stephen, 256
Sanders, Anna, 224

John, 90
Sargent, John Smith, 59
Sarson, mrs. Horace Benjamin, 192
Sauyeur, mrs. Albert, 57
Savoury, Anne, 233
Sawyer, John, 126

Mercy, 126

Rebecca, 126
Scott, George R. W., 126
Scudder ) u„ mm , mm
Skuder f Hannah, 32

lltVill \ Frederick C, 62
Saberry ) '

Martha, 98

Samuel, 9S-100

Sears ]

Seares I

Seers )■ Abigail, 210, 249

Seirs J

Sers J

Ann, 183, 246

Ann M., 62

Anna, 183

Anne, 1S3

Benjamin, 246

Daniel, 1S2, 1S3, 199-202

David, 201

Deborah, 202, 246

Desire, 210

Experience, 183

Hannah, 183, 210, 247

Henry H., 251

James, 246

J. Henry, 55, 56, 243, 25 1

John, 245

Joseph, 247

lieutenant, 246

Mary, 210

Mercy, 201, 210, 245, 249

Paul, 183, 246

2 76

Index of Persons.

Sears ]
Shares |

Sers

COJlfd J

Rebecca, 201

Richard, 201

Ruth, 1S3, 210, 249

Samuel, 210, 245, 249

Sarah, 201, 202

Seth, 245

Silas, 246

Thankful, 1S3

Zachariah, 247
Seekens ) .
Seekins \ Aaron > 73

Damaris, 70

Lydia, 73

Moses, 70
Severance )
Severanc > Bethiah, 1S2
Severence )

Ebenezer, 31
Seyvall, Samuel, 205, 206
Shaler, , 64

Harriet A,, 55, 190

Henry Southworth, 55, 190

John," 96, 132, 1S6, 187

Jonathan, 24, 25, 41, 124

Lydia, 207

Mary, 151

Persis, 41
Shepard, James, 190, 251

mrs. James E., 190
Sherman, Deborah, 126

Desire, 171, 173

mrs. James E., 51

Jane, 125, 126

John, 125, 126, 173

Samuel, 125, 172

William, 171-173

Shuntup, Henry, 148

Shurtleff ( w .,,. ~

Shirtltff P^i»™,i67
Simmons { M - M tQ ^ tQ<5
Simons \ Moses ' l86 ' lSS

William Stearns, 127
Simpkins, John, 242
Simpson, John, 137
SKELDING, mrs. Arthur Bertram, 254
Skerry, Amory Thompson, 254

justice, 226
SLAPP, captain, 237
Small, Warren W., 52
SMALLE, Bethiah, 182

Zachariah, 1S2

Smith, Abigail, 71, 140

Asaph, 200

David, 141

Dean, 1S4, 200

Elizabeth, 23^ 1S2

Esther, 1S4, 200

Gold win, 105

Hannah, 23, 7 2 > l A°> *4*

mrs. Henry M., 190

Isaac, 142

mrs. James, 44

Jeremiah, 140, 141

Jesse, 142

Joanna, 32

John, 33, 88, 137, 247

Jonathan, 73, 74, 142

Marion A., 190

Mary, 141, 142, 223

Mercy, 140, 249

Nathan Holt, 51, 58

Nathaniel, 71

Ralph, 141, 210, 211

Rebecca, 141

Samuel, 229-232

mrs. Samuel F., 190

Sarah, 33, 73

Susanna, 71, 74

Thomas, 32, 135, 141, 142
Snow, Aaron, 17S, 24S

Anna, 141

Anthony, 162, 163, 256

David, 177, 248

Deborah, 207

Ebenezer, 175, 245

Edward, 32, 247, 248

Elizabeth, 175

Grace, 32

Hannah, 175-17S, 245, 247

Isaac Burrows, 5S

Jabez, 32, 176, 247

Jane, 245

Jonathan, 177, 207, 24S

Joshua, 207

Josiah, 125, 175

Lydia, 177, 17S, 207, 246

Mark, 207

Martha, 247

Mary, 33, 175, 177, 178, 248

Mercy, 176, 247

Nathaniel, 207, 248

Nicholas, 207

Phebe, 207

Prence, 176, 177, 207, 247, 24S

Rebecca, 125, 126, 247, 254

Ruth, 17S, 248

Samuel, 176, 17S, 247

Sarah, 3c, 32, 207

Thankful, 207

Thomas, 32, 175, 177, 17S, 245~ 2 49

Wflliam, 254
SOULE I AV ~ail 21

Soul \ A -s a "» 2I
Benjamin, 113

Index of Persons.

277

SOULE )

Soul > Deborah, 11 3

com : a )

George, 45, 56, 62, 63. 9S, 100, J 27,
12S, 159, ib6, 1S7, 191, 192, 239,

25 2 » 2 53« 256
Hannah, 113
Hester, 159
Horace Homer, 51, 55
James, 27, 241

John, 27, 29, 159, 160, 192, 239
Joseph, 161
Julius E., 62
Lvdia, 24, 27
Martha, 72
Nathan, 64
Nathaniel, 256
Rachel, 160
Rebecca, 160

Sarah, 21, 64, 113, 160. 192, 239,
Zachariah, 113
Zeruah, 44

Southworth, Constant, 132, 1S6, 1S7

Nathaniel, 125, 165, I £6

Thomas, 119, 186, 1S7, 215
Sowashan, indian, 220
Spaj.din, sergeant, 149
Sparrow, , 116

Jonathan, 1S0

Patience, 209

Richard, 116, 117
Sprague, Francis, 1S6, 18S

mrs. Francis P., 56, 190

Grace, 72

Samuel, 16, 17, 25, 29, 40-42, 67,
150, i>2, 166, 167, 172, 174, 193,
194. 196-19S
Sprout, Robert, 256

Thankful, 73
Stafford, mrs. Edward Orr, 253
Stan-dish, Alexander, 171, 256

Barbara, 119

Charles Dana, 60

Ichabod, 69

Mary, 69

Moses, 73

M t ]e V' *!• 5I ~ 53 ' 55. 57, 62, 82,
53, 55, bo, 92, 93, 102, 114-117,
127, 171, 1S6, 187, 191, 2;2, 254,
256
Phebe, 69
Rachel, 73
Stanford. Robert, 172
Staples, Marv, 71
Stark, William M., 58
Starr, Comfort, 82

^ TEELF iAshbel, 101
Steel )

Melatiah, 145

Mercy, 145

Thomas Sedgwick, 127

Stephens \ ., ■ .,
Stevens \ Abl S aiI « 3 2

Benjamin F., 55

Edward, 113. 172

George H., 190

James, 149

Phebe, 113

Richard, 32

William Burdick, 56

mrs. George R., 62
Robert, 132
Stevens, see Stephens

Stewart

Stewartt

Stewarart \ Abigail, 199

Stuart

Stuard

James, 199

Joseph, 199, 201

Lydia, 1S5

Mary, 199, 201

Samuel, 1S3-185, 19S-200

Temperance, 201
Stillman, William Maxson, 254
Stone, Achsah, 249
' Eunice, 248

Heman, 246

Kezia, 245

Nathan, 247

Nathaniel, 242, 244, 249

Ralph, 60

Reliance, 245

Thankful, 247

Strauss, , 107

Strickland, Helen Josephine, 191
Strong, William J. H., 60
Strout, Hannah, 32

Mary, 30

Sarah, 140
Stuart, see Stewart
Sturmey, Dennis, 114

Elizabeth, 114

Rebecca, 114

Thomas, 114
Sturtevant, Charles, 22

John, 165, 167

Joseph, 167

Lucy, 20

Prisciila, 20

Ruth, 22

Samuel Stafford, 20

Sarah, 20, 21

Thomas, 21
Sumers, Elizabeth. 125

John, 125

Swain, , 135

Swan, Robert T., 56

William, 13S
Swann, Josephine Ward, 57
Sweat, Benjamin, 229

27S

Index of Persons.

f^^jmrs. Edward Y.,i 28

Elizabeth, 24, 27
Joane, 16S
Thomas, 24
William, i6S, 170

Thomas, 22, 27
?^ E o°?r} ^chie Lee, 60
Peter, 95

Ann, 223

Daniel, 69

Desire, 1S2

Elizabeth, 67, 69

John, 67, 69, 142

Mary, 224

Mathes, 1S2

Robert, 67
Terry, mrs. Charles H., 51

John Taylor, 50

Marion Jane, 191

Roderick, 52, 53, 57

Thatcher \

Thacher S 3

Franklin N., 190

John, 154, 156, 220

Peter, 71-73

Thomas C, 251
Thayer, Deliverance, 71

Ephraim, 202, 206

Isaac, 71

Sarah, 204
Thomas, Abigail, 72

David, 44, 71

Deborah, 126

Dorothy, 126

Edward, 72

Elisha, 69

Elizabeth, 69, 71, 72

Ephraim, 69

Hannah, 71, 72

Israel, 69

Jedediah, 73

Jeremiah, 71

John, 3, 237

Joseph, 240, 241

Lois, 73

Lydia, 73

Mary, 71, 126

Mercy, 125

Miriam, 71

Nathaniel, 126, 146, 147, 159, 161

Samuel, 125

Sarah, 69

Thankful, 71

William, 69, 72, 13S
Thompson I AK • .,

Thompson

Tomson ^ Amasa, 68

cont'd

mrs. Andrew, 252

Elizabeth, 24, 70, 72

Esther, 22, 24

Huldah, 20

Isaac, 20

Jacob, 23-27, 29, 70, 72, 73, 160

James, in

John, 22-29, 7 2

Joseph, in

Lucian Bisbee, 190

Lucy, 20, 21

Lydia, 21, 24, 27

Mary, 22, 24, 27, 68, 123

Mercy, 24, 27, 72

Peter, 23-27, 29, in

Sarah, 24, 27, in

Thomas, 23-27, 29, 6S
Thorp, Joseph, 185

Mehitable, 185

Thomas, 185
Thrasher, Darnaris, 70

Thomas, 162
Tilley, Elizabeth, 217
Tilson, Edward, 82, 8^
Tinker, Joseph Wescot, 127
Tinkham "
Tinkam
Tinkcom

TlNCOM
TlNCOME

Tin cum

Bathsheba, 21

Caleb, in

Ebenezer, 73, 74, in, 123

Elizabeth, 74

Elkiah, see Helkiah

Ephraim, 122-124, l &7t 2 54

Hannah, 69, 70, no

Helkiah, no, in, 123

Isaac, 65, 70, 123

Jacob, no, in

Jeremiah, 74

Joanna, 72

John, 69, 70, ill, 123

Lydia, no

Martha, 69

Mary, 69-71, no, in, 122, 123, 254

Mercy, 70

Noah, 6S

Patience, 70, 74

Peter, 69, in, 123

Priscilla, 74

Ruth, no, in

Samuel, 69-71

Sarah, in
Titus, mrs. Nelson V., 51
Toba, negro, 237
Todey, Rufus B., 190

• Abijah, 6S f 70

Index of Persons.

279

—.31

Hamilton B.,
214

190

Tom lin, -
Tompkins,
Torrey,

Anna, II:
" Joseph, 112

Mary, 112

William, 112, 134, 135
Tota, indian, 219
Tower, Charlemagne, 58
Tracy )

Tracye > John, 27, 29
Trasie )

Stephen, 95, 1S6, 187
Trafto'n, mrs. Francis E., 190
Treat, Abigail, 32

Joanna, 32

John, 229

Nathaniel, 229

Samuel, 30, 32, 140, 142, 217
Tkewant, Mehitable, 126

Morris, 126
Trow, Mary, 127
Trowbridge, Edward A.

John, 172
Tucker J -o •
Tuker } Benjamin, 70 ■

Elizabeth, 184, 249

Eunice, 1S4

Hannah, 184

John, 1S4

Keziah, 184, 249

Samuel, 184, 248, 249

Sarah, 70

Thankful, 184, 249
Turner, Charles Peaslee, 58

Elizabeth, 73

Ezekiel, 18

Frederic Alonzo, 45

mrs. Frederic A., 55

Hannah, 72, 73

Japheth, 73

John, 18

Mary, 18

Philip Foster, 60

Sarah, 18
Tup.rell, mrs. Herbert, 58
Tuspaquin, indian, 29
Twining J ., . .,
Twinning \ Abigail, 34

Barnabas, 142

Eleaz'er, 34

Elizabeth, 142

Hannah, 142

John, 34

Katrina, 182

Mercy, 34, 142

Nathaniel, 34

Ruth, 142

Stephen, 34

Thankful, 142

William, 142
Tyler, mrs. Joseph H., 190

William Seymour, 254

Usher, Gerard, 2

Vaill, Charlotte F. S., 60

Edward Griswold, 60

Frederick Sturdivant, 51, 60

Julia Cornelia, 60
Van Dyke, Harry Weston, 52
Vassall twir c<
Varssall P lluam ' S6
Vaughan, Deborah, 63

Ebenezer, 6S

Elisha, 75

Faithful, 68

George, 68, 74

Huldah, 20

Jabez, 68

Jerusha, 70

John, 70

Joseph, 72, 75, 160

Mercy, 72

Nathan, 6S

Rebecca, 74

Samuel, 20

Thomas, 75
Venables, colonel, 2
Vezey, Solomon, 206
Vickery, Joanna, 32
Vinal, Alvin A., 190
Vincent, Hannah, 210

John, 210

Vinsen, Sarah, 223

Wadsworth ) _
Waddesworth )

Christopher, 82

Elisha, 147

John, 67
Waldo, captain, 150
Walker, sergeant, 149

W ALLEY, , 214

Wallis, Thomas, 170
Walter, mrs. Joel C, 190
Walton, John Whittlesey, 50
Ward, mrs. Charles Albert, 59

Joseph Walter, 190
Ware, Francis A., 190
Warner, Charles Dudley, 51, 53
Warren, Abigail, 113

Anna, 161

Benjamin, 15, 16

Caroline B., 51

Daniel Frederick, 50-53, 57

Eleanor, 68

Elizabeth, 16, 152, 1S6, 188

Hannah, 113

James, 40

John, 113

Joseph, 14-17, 100

Mercy, 15

Nathaniel, 113

Patience, 16

Priscilla, 14-17

2 80

Index of Persons.

Warren \ ^ . , , -.

cont'd \ Richard > M, 45. 47, 56.

60, 62, 12S, 152, 161, 191, 252,

Ruth, 113

Samuel, 68

Sarah. 6S, 113

Susanna, 113

Winslow, 1, 51, 52, 55
Washburn, mrs. Charles Francis, :

Henry S., 126

Maryj 70

Miriam, 252

Nehemiah, 70

William Sherman, 59

Waterhouse, , 171

Waterman, Anne, 24, 25

Deborah, 20

Elisha, 20

Hannah, 21

Jabez, 21

Joanna, 21

John, 162, 164

Joseph, 21, 70, 164

Joshua, 70

Lucy, 21

Martha, 20

Patience, 70

Phebe, 20

Sarah, 21

William, 20
Watson, George, 234
Wead, mrs. Leslie Clark, 127, 190
Webb, Benjamin, 204-206

general, 149, 23S

Jonathan, 204, 205

Ruth, 204, 2c6

Susanna, 204, 205
Webber, Maria G., 51

Richard, 140

mrs. Samuel G., 51

Sarah, 140

Sarah S., 51
Weeks, Abigail, 249

Andrew G., 190

Deborah, 249

George, 249
Welch, A. R., 51

Ashbel, 51, 52, 58

Weld, , 126

Wells, captain, 235, 237
Wescoat ' ) n .. ,

Hannah, 72

James, 69

Joanna, 69

Mary, 69

Richard, 69

Thomas, 72
Wesen, Elizabeth., 182
Weston, Edmund, 160

Rebecca, 160, 161

Thomas, 87-90, 92
Wetkerhead, see Witherhead

2 54

Wets, sergeant, 14S
Wh eatox, mrs. Loyd, 58
Whelden { T .
Whilden fJ^eph, 220

Whetston, John, 15S
Whitaker, Ann, 71"

Richard, 71
Whitcomb, Lawrence, 127
White, Peregrine, 1, So, 191

Resolved, S6

mrs. Stephen V. C, 31, 52

William, 45, 62, 191
Whitman, Joslah, 20

Samuel, 21

Sarah, 20, 21
Whitmarsh, John, 131
Whitney, Thomas, 97
Whoory, Ralph, 130
Wicker, Cassius M., 51
Wight, Charles Henry, 51

Martha Cobb, 60 '
Wile, Moses, 229
Wiley, corporal, 237
Wilkinson, mrs. Henry W., 190
Willard, James Le Baron, 50

Susan Barker, 51

WlLLETT \ A , to „£

Willet ( Maf y»36

Thomas, 35-37, S3, 84, 86, 117,
11S, 130
Williams, Anna, 13S

Hannah, 33

mrs. Horace P., 190

Joseph, 71

Margaret, 71

mrs. Robert A., 60

Roger, 13, 101, 106, 107
Williamson, mrs. Chalmers Meek, 127
190

George, 229-231

Timothy, 173
•Willis, John, 82

sss»j =*»?■*'

Henry, 185

Mary, 185
Wing 5

Winge / Bethiah, 249
Whing )

Daniel, 170

John, 234, 249

Rachel, 249
Winpenny, mrs. J. Bolton, 62
Winslow )
Winslowe > , 246

•WlNSLO )

Edward, 1-3, 12, 45, 48, 57, 62, 63,

82, 87, SS, 90, 92, 93, 102, 239
Elizabeth, 2
Hannah, 248
Isaac, 239, 241
John, 97
Josiah, 2, 164, 239, 256

Index of Persons.

281

Win slow \

Winslo ^Kcneim, 246, 248
cont'd J

Mary, 1, 44, 246

Mary Russell, 44

Thomas, 1S2
WlNSOR, Joseph, 170

Justin, 102
Winter, Christopher, 35
WlNTHROP, John, 6, 256
WlSWALL )

Wisewall > Ichabod, 65, 67

WlSEWALLE )

Priscilla, 65, 67
Witherhead, John, 20

Submit, 20
Wixam, Elizabeth, 32
Wood ) ,, . . ^ T
Woods f AbiaI > * l

Abijah, 70

Ann, 71

Elnathan, 6S

Ephraim, 6S

Esther, 74

Eunice, 20

Glenn, 253

Hannah, 70, 71

Henry, 29, 70, 74

Jabez, 71

Jedediah, 63

Jemima, 68

Jerusha, 70

Lydia, 63

Mary, 6S, 70, 74

Mercy, 71

Rebecca, 74

Samuel, 74, 123

Susanna, 71

Thomas, 70

Zephaniah, 70
Woodcock, Charles W., 60

Woodward, Theron Royal, 58
Wormall, Grace, 72

Josiah, 72

Mary, 72
Worthington, Harry Cushman, 58
Wright, Adam, 160, 161, 165, 167, 192,
239-241

Boardman, 254

Esther or Hester, 165, 192, 239,
240

Isaac, 240

James, 240

John, 239

Mary, 165, 24c

Mehitable, 192, 239-241

Moses, 240

Nathan, 240

Rachel, 240

Richard, 165-167, 239

Samuel, 240

Sarah, 160, 192, 239, 240

William George, 254

mrs. William George, 254

Yergason, Henry C, 59

?oSo E [Abigan,34

Barnabas, 229
Benjamin, 229
Dinah, 183, 202
Elizabeth, 226
Israel, 229
Jennet, 33
Joanna, 33
John, 1S3, 202, 229
Jonathan, 229-232
Lydia, 33
Mercy, 33
Patience, 226
Rebecca, 142
Robert, 33
Zipporah, 182, 183

INDEX OF PLACES.

ACUSHENA, 187

Aggawam, 15

America, 5-7, 12, 84, ico-102, 107

ASSAWAMSETT, 23, 29, l6o
ASSONET, l60

Atlanta, Ga., 252
Augusta, Me., 60

Bacon's Brook, 157

Baltimore, Md., 191

Barnstable, Mass., 44, 48, 120, 153,

181, 214, 217, 221, 231, 256
Barnstable County, Mass., 48, 61-63,

179. 256
Bedford, Eng., 103
Beloit, Wis., 60
Billerica, Mass., 133
Billingsgate, 227, 22S
Binghamton, N. Y., 191
Boston, Mass., i, 3, 4, 9, 13. 35» 3^»

43-46, 55, 56, 64, 82, 100, 126, 127,

134, 1 58, 189, 190, 202, 205, 2C6,

213, 234, 235, 251

Braintree, Mass., 202, 205, 2c6
Brewster, Mass., 242, 251, 256
Bridgewater, Mass., 15, 20, 21, 48,
56, 70, 72, 73, 131, 150-152, 254, 256
Bristol, Eng., 109
Bristol County, Mass., 48, 61-63
British Columbia, 44
Brookline, Mass., 127
Brooklyn, N. Y., 58, 191, 253
Buffalo, N. Y., 191, 253
Burlington, Vt., 59

Canaan, Conn., 149

California, 43

Cambridge, Eng., 102

Cambridge, Mass., 44, 138

Cape Ann, 88

Cape Cod, 3, 144, 242, 250

Carver, Mass., 20

Charles River, 133

Charlestown, 64, 67, 94, 129, 132, 133,

135-140
Chatham, Mass., 182, 198, 24S, 256
Chathamport, Mass., 251
Chicago, III., 58, 59, 253
Cincinnati, O., 59, 191
Clark's Island, 3, 52
Cleveland, O., 59
Coaksett, 187

Colchester Brook, 40, 41, 240
Colorado, 44
Connecticut, 44, 237
Corn Hill, 52
Crown Point, N. Y., 148, 149

Damaris Cove, 88, 89

Dartmouth, Mass., 4S, 122, 123, 125,

185, 1S6, 256
Dedham, Mass., 56
Deerfield, Mass., 18
Denver, Col., 253
Detroit, Mich., 60
Dighton, 72

District of Columbia, 44
Dorchester, Mass., 93
Doty's Meadows, 41, 194
Dover, N. H., 213
Droit wich, Eng., i
Duxbury, Mass., 25, 28, 39, 45. 48,

52, 65, 66, 72, 75, 91, 95, 103, 144,

151, 159, 160, 214, 256

East Brewster, Mass., 251

East Dennis, Mass., 251

Eastham, Mass., 29, 30, 32-34, 48,

140-142, 181, 195, 210, 211, 216,

227-232, 24S, 251, 256
E aston, Mass., 21
Edinburgh, Scot., 105
Eel River, 97
England, i, 2, 5, 10, 13, 93, 101-103,

106-109, 135
Europe, 6
Evanston, III., 59, 253

Fitchburg, Mass., 56

Florida, 44

Fort Christina, New Sweden, 85

Fort Edward, N. Y., 234, 236, 238

Fort Wayne, Ind., 127

Fort William Henry, X. Y., 238

Freetown, Mass., 71

Gainsborough, Eng., 126, 189
Gettysburg, Pa., 105
Glencoe, Minn., 253
Glendale, O., 191
Groton, Conn., 64

Half Moon, 23S

Halifax, Mass., 20-22, 48, 256

282

Lid ex of Places.

Hanover, Mass., 21
Hardwick, Mass., 21
Hartford, Conn., 1S9, 193
Harwich, Mass., 48, 175, 1S2, 207,

242, 245, 256
Hawaii, 44
Herring Pond, 24, 2S
Hillsdale District, N. Y., 18
Hinesdale, Pa., 252
H Ingham, Mass., 131
Hispaniola, \V. I., 1, 2
Holland, i, 6, 12, 100, 102-105, 107,

10S, 136
Hoop Place Field, 15
Hoquiam, Wash., 253
Houston, Tex., 253
Hudson, N. Y., 59
Humboldt, Iowa, 252
Hvannis, Mass., 44, 251

Illinois, 43
Indiana, 44
Iowa, 43
Ipswich, 93
Isles of Shoals, 88

Jackson, Miss., 127

Jamaica, W. L, i

Jersey, 150

Jones River, 35, 3S, 66, 91, 96, 97, 11S,

Kentucky, 44

Kingston, Mass., 21, 44, 45, 47, 52, 53,
65

Lake Champlain, 64

Lake George, 149

Lawrence, N. Y., 127

Leyden, i, 6, 11, 101, 102, 108, 136

London, Eng., i, 2, 7, 87, 89, 101, 109

Lout Swamp, 194

Lyme, Conn., 18

Lynn, Mass., 39, 44, 56

Madison, Wis., 60

Maine, 43, 60

Major's Purchase, 23, 28

Manila, P. L, 58, 253

Manomet, 15, 127

Marion, Ind., 17

Marquette, Mich., 253

Marshfield, Mass., 2, 48, 52, 86, 125,

161, 163, 164; 171, 173, i 74 , 214, 256
Maryland, 44, 236
Mashpee, 216
Massachusetts, i, 4, 6-9, 13, 43, 88,

92, 93, 104, 131, 133, 134, i 97 ,

236-23S, 250, 256
Mattapoiset, S3, 84, 86
Medford, Mass., 190, 231
Merrimac River, 133
Michigan, 43, 54

Middleborough, Mass., 15, 20-22, 2;,
27, 2S, 39, 4S, 67, 70-73, 122, 123,
125, 13S, 151, 16c, 194, 195, 256

Milton, Mass., 21

Milwaukee, Wis., 60

Minnesota, 44, 54

Missouri, 44

Monhegan, SS, 92, 93

Monomoy, 247

Monponset, 24, 123

Montclair, N. J.. 2>4

Montville, Conn., 64

Morris, Conn., iS

Morristown, X. J., 252

Ml Holly, N. J., 253

Munuscasset, 170

Mystic River, 133, 137

Nacooke Brook, 133

Namasket, 39

Namassaket, 162, 163

Namatakeeset, 151

Neckatay, 1S7

New England, i, 2, 4, 5, S7, SS, 90,

99, 102, 105-109, 133, 135
New Hampshire, 43
New Jersey, 44
New London, Conn., 58, 252
New Sweden, 84, 85
New York, 43
New York, N. Y., 50, 57, 58, 191, 192,

252
Nine Partners, N. Y., 64
Norfolk, Va., 253
North Carolina, 44
North River, S3
Norwell, Mass., 190
Norwich, Conn., 64, 144, 254
Nova Scotia, 44

Oblong, N. Y., 64

Ogdensburg, N, Y.. 127

Ohio, 43

Omaha, Neb., 192

Orange, N. J., 254

Oregon, 44

Orleans, Mass., 29, 48, 140, 256

Oshkosh, Wis., 60

Oxford. Eng., 235

Oyster Bay, L. I., 64

Papasquash Neck, i 56

Pennsylvania, 43, 236,

Philadelphia, Pa., 5S, 59, 128, 252,

Piscataqua, 93

Plainfield, N. J., 254

Plymouth, Mass., 2-4, 9, 12-17,
25, 35-42, 45. 47, 48, 5°. 5 2 - 53.
65, 67, 7 h 82, 83, 85-110,
117-119,122-125,128-130, 132,
136, 143, 144, 146, 147, if - "5*"
159, 161-163, 165-167, 182, 1S5-
I 93- I 95» J 97, 19^ 212, 213,
23 1 . 2 j3> 2 34, 239, 254, 256

20,
64,
114.
i53>
1541
1S7,
2i7»

284

Index of Places.

Plymouth Colony, i, 6, S, 12, 35.

47-49, 61, 62, 75, 82, roi, 103, 105,
109
Plymouth County, 16, 4S, 61-63
Plympton, Mass., 20, 21, 4S, 71-73,

239, 241, 256
Poc asset, 164
Point Peril, 1S7
Pollapody Cove, 195
Portland, Me., 56
Princeton, N. J., 57
Providence, R* I., 192, 235
Provincetown, Mass., 3, 250, 251

Radnor, Pa., 253
Raynham. Mass., 20
Rehoeoth, Mass., 71, S3, 161
Rhode Island, 43, 54, S;, 99, 107,

235- 2 37

Rochester, Mass., 22, 71, 24S
Rochester, N. Y., 191
Rocky Nook, 130
Rome, Italy, 5
Rosemont, Pa., 252
Round Pond, 149
Russia, 44

Salem, Mass., 5, 107, 12S

San Domingo, W. I., 1

Sandwich, Mass., 15, 3;, 152, 15S, 16S,

215,254
San Francisco, Cal., 190, 191
Santa Barbara, Cal., 253
Saratoga, X. Y., 149, 237
Scituate, Mass., 35. 4S, $3, 85, 256
Scotland, ioi, irS
Scrooby, Eng., 6, 100, 102
Secunk, 36

Sharon, Mass., 127, 190
Sixteen Shilling Purchase, 23, 29,

39, 160
Smith's Islands, SS

Snipetltt Pond, 23, 29
South Bay, 149
South Purchase, 160
Sowamset, 36, S3, S4, S6
Spain, 6

Squantum, Mass., 45
Stillwater. X. Y., 237
St. Louis, Mo., iS
Stockbridge, Mass., 149
Stony Brook, 144
Stony Cove, 157
Sudbury, Mass., 170, 171
Swansea, Mass., 153, 215
Sweden, S4
Switzerland, 44

Taunton, Mass., 20, 70, S5, 164

Texas, 44

Toledo, O., 127

Truro, Mass., 52, 211

Twenty-Six Men's Purchase, 160, 161

Vermont, 44
Virginia, 13, 44

Washington, D. C, 59, 253
Wellfleet, Mass., 227, 251, 256
Wellingsly, 96. 97
Wells' Creek, 157
Wessagusset, S7, "90-93
Westwood, Mass., 252
Weymouth, Mass., 131, 132, 214
Whetstone Vineyard Brook, 123
Wilmington, X". C, 254

WlNNATUXET, 26, 2S, 39, 54, 24O

Wisconsin, 43
Wollaston, Mass., 190
Woodstock, Conn., 235
Worcester, Mass., 252

Yarmouth, Mass., 48, 116, 153, 1 ;4,

1S2, iSS, 220, 246, 247, 256 "
Yorktown, Va., 105

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Bowman's Ancestral Charts

TN order to make the gift announced on the preceding page
immediately available for the benefit of the

Colonial Research Fund

it has been decided to make the following

Remarkably Liberal Offer

to those who purchase before October i, 1902.

Any one who purchases $2.00 worth of Charts at one time will
have the privilege of filling in a part of them with his ancestral lines
and sending them, before January 1, 1903, to the Editor to
be examined free of charge for indications of Mayflower descent.
The result of the examination will be reported to the sender.

The Charts are printed on the best quality of linen record paper,
and are 84- x 1 1 inches in size. One set of seventeen Charts covers
nine generations, having blank spaces for 511 names, and 1,532
spaces for residences and dates of births, marriages and deaths.

One Set (17 charts) , postage prepaid - - BO cents.
Three Sets (51 chai'ts), postage prepaid - - $1.00
Six Sets (102 charts), postage prepaid - - 2,00

Freeman Genealogy

Ten copies of this valuable genealogy have been presented, to
be sold for the benefit of the Colonial Research Fund. In order
to sell them quickly the Committee on Historical Research has
fixed the Very Low Price of $3.00. Early application will be
necessary to secure one.

Address, for Charts or Genealogy,

GEORGE ERNEST BOWMAN, Editor,
623 Tremont Building Boston, Mass.

XLbc /foavjfiowcr Besccnoant.

Duplicates for Sale or Exchange
By Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants.

Story of a Pilgrim Family (Alden) .■
Ancient Estate of Governor Bradford
Freeman Genealogy ......

Sears Genealogy

Hanover, Mass., Birth, Marriage and Death Records

Deane's History of Scituate, Mass. (2d Ed.)

General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1901

Munsell's Genealogical Index (1895)

Munsell's American Genealogist (1897) .

Macdonough-Hackstaff Ancestry

Old Times at North Yarmouth

Putnam's Monthly Historical Magazine .

Spirit of '76 . . . .

Photographs of Brewster Book (10 views, each of two pages),

Wills, Deeds, etc 50 cents each

(Freeman Genealogy and "Ancient Estate" are sold for the benefit of the
Colonial Research Fund. The others for the Library Fund.)

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Address, GEORGE ERNEST BOWMAN, Secretary,

623 Tremont Building

Boston, Mass.

DEANE'S HISTORY OF SCITUATE.

Many Mayflower Descendants trace their ancestry through some of Scituate's
300 Pilgrim families recorded in this book. Cloth, $3.00. Leather, £5.00.

Descendants of Lawrence Litchfield.

A chart for framing, containing the names of 1 ,000 descendants of Lawrence
Litchfield, 9 generations. Every Litchfield should have this reference work.
Price, $2.00.

Address : The Historical Publishing Co., Accord, Plymouth Co., Mass.

PHOTOGRAPHS

George Soule's Autograph (exact size of original) . 50 cents

Thomas Little's Autograph (exact size of original) . 50 cents
Samuel Seabury's Autograph (exact size of original) . 50 cents
Phineas Pratt's Gravestones (Headstone and Footstone,

each, 8 x 10) . . . . . . 50 cents each

Address, GEORGE ERNEST BOWMAN, Editor,
623 Tremont Building ..... Boston. Mass.

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The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly

Is the organ of The " Old Northwest " Genealogical Society, and is
now the oldest periodical of its kind west of the Atlantic States.

Price, $3.00 per Annum. 80 Cents per Number.

(Vol. I, in paper covers, $4.00; cloth, £5.00 : half morocco, $5.50; Vols. II,
- Ill and IV, each, in paper covers, 53.00; cloth, 54.00 ;
half morocco, S4.50.)

FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS OR ADVERTISING, ADDRESS

Dr. L. C. HERRICK, Secretary, Room 14, Dispatch Building,
COLUMBUS, OHIO.

GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
IN THE OLD COLONY . . .

PLYMOUTH AND BRISTOL COUNTIES.

JOHN ELLIOT BOWMAN, A.B.,
Bridgewater, Mass.

REFERENCES.

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The

Brewster
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An Ancient Record
Plymouth Colony

Is one of the many priceless records we have
recently RESTORED and PRESERVED by the

EMERY PROCESS.

\ ~\ TE do expert work in repairing, restoring and mounting all kinds of docu-
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fonn.

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